Handlebody construction of Stein surfaces
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Publication:1281569
DOI10.2307/121005zbMath0919.57012arXivmath/9803019OpenAlexW1983089002WikidataQ56454765 ScholiaQ56454765MaRDI QIDQ1281569
Publication date: 25 August 1999
Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9803019
contact surgeryStein manifoldSeifert surfaceplurisubharmonic functionStein surfacealmost-complex structureStein domainKirby calculushandle decompositionLegendrian linkCasson handlecontact 3-manifoldstrictly pseudoconvex boundaryholomorphically fillableStein exotic \(\mathbb{R}^4\)topological \(4\)-manifold
Surgery and handlebodies (57R65) General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70)
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