Smoothly embedded spheres in symplectic 4-manifolds

Authors
Li, TJ
Citation
Tj. Li, Smoothly embedded spheres in symplectic 4-manifolds, P AM MATH S, 127(2), 1999, pp. 609-613
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00029939 → ACNP
Volume
127
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
609 - 613
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9939(199902)127:2<609:SESIS4>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We characterize rational or ruled surfaces among all symplectic 4-manifolds by the existence of certain smoothly embedded spheres.