Abstract
We show that the normal connected sum of two minimal symplectic 4-manifolds (neither of them rational or ruled) is a minimal symplectic 4-manifold. In the proof we use a symplectic sum formula for Gromov-Witten invariants.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 75-80 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Turkish Journal of Mathematics |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2002 |