Rational blowdowns of smooth 4-manifolds

DOI10.4310/jdg/1214459932zbMath0896.57022arXivalg-geom/9505018OpenAlexW1543363046WikidataQ115175662 ScholiaQ115175662MaRDI QIDQ1383634

Ronald J. Stern, Ronald Fintushel

Publication date: 26 April 1998

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9505018

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Seiberg-Witten invariantselliptic surfacessmooth 4-manifoldsrational blowdownDonaldson series

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