Positive 2-spheres in 4-manifolds of signature \((1,n)\)

DOI10.2140/pjm.1993.160.245zbMath0778.57011OpenAlexW2023910565MaRDI QIDQ689741

Kazunori Kikuchi

Publication date: 17 November 1993

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1102624216

zbMATH Keywords

signaturehomology classdefinite intersection forms of smooth 4-manifoldspositive homology classes of rational surfacesrepresented by a smoothly embedded 2-sphererepresented by smooth rational curvessmooth 4-manifold

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