Non-isotopic symplectic surfaces in product 4-manifolds

Let be a closed Riemann surface of genus . Generalizing Ivan Smith's construction, we give the first examples of an infinite family of homotopic but pairwise non-isotopic symplectic surfaces of even genera inside the product symplectic -manifolds , where and .

     

Smoothly embedded spheres in symplectic 4-manifolds

We characterize rational or ruled surfaces among all symplectic 4-manifolds by the existence of certain smoothly embedded spheres.

     

Semitoric integrable systems on symplectic 4-manifolds

Let (M,ω) be a symplectic 4-manifold. A semitoric integrable system on (M,ω) is a pair of smooth functions J,H∈C ^∞(M,ℝ) for which J generates a Hamiltonian S ¹-action and the Poisson brackets {J,H} vanish. We shall introduce new global symplectic invariants for these systems; some of these invariants encode topological or geometric aspects, while others encode analytical information about the singularities and how they stand with respect to the system. Our goal is to prove that a semitoric system is completely determined by the invariants we introduce. A. Pelayo was partially supported by an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.     

The geography of spin symplectic 4-manifolds

In this paper we construct a family of simply connected spin non-complex symplectic 4-manifolds which cover all but finitely many allowed lattice points () lying in the region . Furthermore, as a corollary, we prove that there exist infinitely many exotic smooth structures on for all n large enough. Received: 29 August 2000 / in final form: 15 August 2001 / Published online: 28 February 2002     

Ruled 4-manifolds and isotopies of symplectic surfaces

We study symplectic surfaces in ruled symplectic 4-manifolds which are disjoint from a given symplectic section. As a consequence, in any symplectic 4-manifold, two homologous symplectic surfaces which are C ⁰ close must be Hamiltonian isotopic.     

Singularities ofJ-holomorphic curves in almost complex 4-manifolds

This note concerns the structure of singularities of mapsf from a neighborhood of {0} in the complex plane ? to an almost complex manifold (V, J), which areJ-holomorphic in the sense thatdf oi =J odf and are singular (i.e.,df = 0) at {0}. The main result is that whenV has dimension 4, the topology of these singularities is the same as in the case whenJ is integrable. Thus, if the image Imf =C is not multiply-covered, there is a neighborhoodU of the pointx = f(0), such that the pair (U, U ∩C) is homeomorphic to the cone overS ³,K _x whereK _x is an algebraic knot in S³ that depends only on the germC atx.     

Geography of simply connected spin symplectic 4-manifolds,II

Building upon our early work, we construct infinitely many new smooth structures on closed simply connected spin 4-manifolds with nonnegative signature.     

Exotic involutions on symplectic 4-manifolds and G-monopole invariants

Using the G-monopole invariant, we shall show that any anti-holomorphic involution on a closed symplectic 4-manifold is not diffeomorphic to any holomorphic involution. As a corollary, we shall give a way to construct exotic smooth structures.     

Lagrangian 4-planes in holomorphic symplectic varieties of K3[4]-type

We classify the cohomology classes of Lagrangian 4-planes ?⁴ in a smooth manifold X deformation equivalent to a Hilbert scheme of four points on a K3 surface, up to the monodromy action. Classically, the Mori cone of effective curves on a K3 surface S is generated by nonnegative classes C, for which (C, C) ≥ 0, and nodal classes C, for which (C, C) = ?2; Hassett and Tschinkel conjecture that the Mori cone of a holomorphic symplectic variety X is similarly controlled by “nodal” classes C such that (C, C) = ?γ, for (·,·) now the Beauville-Bogomolov form, where γ classifies the geometry of the extremal contraction associated to C. In particular, they conjecture that for X deformation equivalent to a Hilbert scheme of n points on a K3 surface, the class C = ? of a line in a smooth Lagrangian n-plane ? ⁿ must satisfy (?,?) = ?(n + 3)/2. We prove the conjecture for n = 4 by computing the ring of monodromy invariants on X, and showing there is a unique monodromy orbit of Lagrangian 4-planes.     

Isometric,holomorphic and symplectic reflections

As an extension of local geodesic symmetries we study here local reflections with respect to a topologically embedded submanifoldP in a Riemannian manifold (M, g). First we derive a criterion for isometric reflections. Then we study holomorphic and symplectic reflections on an almost Hermitian manifold. In particular we focus on the influence of these reflections on the intrinsic and extrinsic geometry of the submanifold. Finally we treat these three kinds of reflections and their relationship when the ambient manifold is a locally Hermitian symmetric space. The results are derived by the use of Jacobi vector fields.     

Wirtinger numbers and holomorphic symplectic immersions

For any subvariety of a compact holomorphic symplectic K?hler manifold, we define the symplectic Wirtinger number W(X). We show that W(X) \leqslant 1,W(X) \leqslant 1, and the equality is reached if and only if the subvariety X ì MX \subset M is trianalytic, i.e. compatible with the hyperk?hler structure on M. For a sequence X₁ ? X₂ ? ?X_n ? MX_1 \to X_2 \to \ldots X_n \to M of immersions of simple holomorphic symplectic manifolds, we show that W( X₁ ) \leqslant W( X₂ ) \leqslant ?\leqslant W( X_n ).W\left( {X_1 } \right) \leqslant W\left( {X_2 } \right) \leqslant \ldots \leqslant W\left( {X_n } \right).     

On the geography of symplectic 6-manifolds

The article investigates the geography of closed, connected and simply connected, six-dimensional manifolds. It is proved that any triple of integers satisfying some necessary arithmetical restrictions occurs as the Chern triple of such a manifold. The main tools used for producing the examples are the symplectic connected sum and the symplectic blow-up. Received: 28 May 1998 / Revised version: 22 January 1999     

Invariants of real symplectic 4-manifolds and lower bounds in real enumerative geometry

We first build the moduli spaces of real rational pseudo-holomorphic curves in a given real symplectic 4-manifold. Then, following the approach of Gromov and Witten [3, 19, 11], we define invariants under deformation of real symplectic 4-manifolds. These invariants provide lower bounds for the number of real rational J-holomorphic curves which realize a given homology class and pass through a given real configuration of points. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 14N10, 14P25, 53D05, 53D45     

Wirtinger numbers and holomorphic symplectic immersions

For any subvariety of a compact holomorphic symplectic Kähler manifold, we define the symplectic Wirtinger number W(X). We show that and the equality is reached if and only if the subvariety is trianalytic, i.e. compatible with the hyperkähler structure on M. For a sequence of immersions of simple holomorphic symplectic manifolds, we show that      

Invariants of real rational symplectic 4-manifolds and lower bounds in real enumerative geometry

Following the approach of Gromov and Witten, we construct invariants under deformation of real rational symplectic 4-manifolds. These invariants provide lower bounds for the number of real rational J-holomorphic curves in a given homology class passing through a given real configuration of points. To cite this article: J.-Y. Welschinger, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).