Positive-definite symplectic four-manifolds
Speaker:
Tye Lidman, IAS
Date and Time:
Sunday, May 8, 2016 - 9:00am to 9:45am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
We will use Heegaard Floer homology to show that certain four-manifolds with positive-definite intersection form can't have symplectic structures. This can be seen as a very weak version of symplectic BMY inequality. This is joint work with Jennifer Hom.