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Non-isotopic symplectic surfaces in product 4-manifolds

Author(s): Christopher S. Hays; B. Doug Park
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 360 (2008), 5771-5788.
MSC (2000): Primary 57R17; Secondary 20F36, 57R52, 57R95
Posted: June 4, 2008
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Abstract: Let $ \Sigma_g$ be a closed Riemann surface of genus $ g$. Generalizing Ivan Smith's construction, we give the first examples of an infinite family of homotopic but pairwise non-isotopic symplectic surfaces of even genera inside the product symplectic $ 4$-manifolds $ \Sigma_g \times \Sigma_h$, where $ g\geq 1$ and $ h\geq 0$.

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Additional Information:

Christopher S. Hays
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Email: cshays@math.msu.edu

B. Doug Park
Affiliation: Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Email: bdpark@math.uwaterloo.ca

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-08-04717-X
PII: S 0002-9947(08)04717-X
Received by editor(s): June 5, 2006
Posted: June 4, 2008
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society

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