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Representing nonnegative homology classes of by minimal genus smooth embeddings
Author(s):
Bang-He
Li
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.
352
(2000),
4155-4169.
MSC (1991):
Primary 57R95, 57R40
Posted:
May 21, 1999
MathSciNet review:
1637082
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Abstract:
For any nonnegative class in , the minimal genus of smoothly embedded surfaces which represent is given for , and in some cases with , the minimal genus is also given. For the finiteness of orbits under diffeomorphisms with minimal genus , we prove that it is true for with and for with .
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Bang-He
Li
Affiliation:
Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, Peoples Republic of China
Email:
libh@iss06.iss.ac.cn
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02422-8
PII:
S 0002-9947(99)02422-8
Received by editor(s):
March 25, 1998
Posted:
May 21, 1999
Additional Notes:
The author is supported partially by the Tianyuan Foundation of Peoples Republic of China
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