A note on Lefschetz fibrations on compact Stein 4-manifolds

DOI10.1142/S0219199712500356zbMATH Open1267.32022arXiv1007.3643OpenAlexW2963745795MaRDI QIDQ3166707FDOQ3166707

Selman Akbulut, M. Firat Arikan

Publication date: 15 October 2012

Published in: Communications in Contemporary Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Loi-Piergallini and Akbulut-Ozbagci showed that every compact Stein surface admits a Lefschetz fibration over the 2-disk with bounded fibers. In this note we give a more intrinsic alternative proof of this result.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.3643

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zbMATH Keywords

Stein manifoldLefschetz fibrationopen bookplumbing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surgery and handlebodies (57R65) Stein manifolds (32Q28)

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