On the diffeomorphism groups of elliptic surfaces

DOI10.1007/S002080050139MaRDI QIDQ1377075zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Lönne

Publication date 1 February 1998

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9507007

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic surfaces, elliptic or Calabi-Yau fibrations (14J27) Differential topological aspects of diffeomorphisms (57R50)

Abstract: In this paper we determine for relatively minimal elliptic surfaces with positive Euler number the image of the natural representation of the group of orientation preserving self-diffeomorphisms on $Hbar$, the second homology group reduced modulo torsion. To this end we construct as many embedded spheres of square -2 such that an isometry not induced from any combination of reflections at such spheres or from 'complex conjugation' can be shown not to be induced from some diffeomorphism at all. This is done with the help of Seiberg-Witten-invariants.

Review text

It is well known that in dimension four corresponding notions from topological and smooth manifold theory differ much more than in in any other dimension. It may suffice to mention the results on non-existence for smooth structures on some topological four-manifolds obtained by \textit{S. K. Donaldson} [Topology 29, No. 3, 257-315 (1990; Zbl 0715.57007)] and multitudes of them on others obtained among others by \textit{R. Friedman} and \textit{J. W. Morgan} [J. Differ. Geom. 27, No. 2, 297-369 (1988; Zbl 0669.57016)]. Along another line one can mention work by various authors on the respective groups of self-equivalences, homeomorphisms and diffeomorphisms of four-manifolds, studied via their representations on the second homology group. The present author makes a contribution to this latter line of research. For relatively minimal elliptic surfaces with positive Euler number, he determines the image of the natural representation of the group of orientation preserving self-diffeomorphisms on the second homology group reduced modulo torsion.

Recommendations

• On the smooth structures on elliptic surfaces and related topics
• On the diffeomorphism types of elliptic surfaces with multiple fibers
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3988281
• On the diffeomorphism types of elliptic surfaces

Cited in

(14)

• On the diffeomorphism types of elliptic surfaces with multiple fibers
• On the smooth structures on elliptic surfaces and related topics
• On the action of the group of diffeomorphisms of a surface on sections of the determinant line bundle
• The minimal genus problem for elliptic surfaces
• Surface groups in the group of germs of analytic diffeomorphisms in one variable
• The minimal genus problem -- a quarter century of progress
• Obstructions to smooth group actions on 4-manifolds from families Seiberg-Witten theory
• Minimal genus for 4-manifolds with \(b^{+} = 1\)
• Relative dihedral group actions on rational elliptic surfaces
• Geometric automorphism groups of symplectic 4-manifolds
• Quasi-morphisms on surface diffeomorphism groups
• Diffeomorphism types of elliptic surfaces
• Comparing Kähler cone and symplectic cone of one-point blowup of Enriques surface
• Irreducible 4-manifolds can admit exotic diffeomorphisms

This page was built for publication: On the diffeomorphism groups of elliptic surfaces

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1377075)