Turkish Journal of Mathematics
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.
DOI
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First Page
75
Last Page
80
Recommended Citation
LI, T, & STIPSICZ, A. I (2002). Minimality of certain normal connected sums. Turkish Journal of Mathematics 26 (1): 75-80. https://doi.org/-