Einstein Metrics, Symplectic Minimality, and Pseudo-Holomorphic Curves

Author: Lebrun Claude  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0232-704X

Source: Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry, Vol.28, Iss.2, 2005-09, pp. : 157-177

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Abstract

Let (M4, g,ω) be a compact, almost-Kähler–Einstein manifold of negative star-scalar curvature. Then (M,ω) is a minimal symplectic 4-manifold of general type. In particular, M cannot be differentiably decomposed as a connected sum $$N\,{\#}\,\overline{\mathbb{CP}}_2$$ .