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Topological and Differentiable Structure of Surfaces

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In the first subchapter we review Freedman’s topological classification of 4-manifolds as well as the 11/8 conjecture which predicts which unimodular forms can be represented by smooth 4-folds and we discuss the implications for compact complex surfaces.

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Barth, W.P., Hulek, K., Peters, C.A.M., Van de Ven, A. (2004). Topological and Differentiable Structure of Surfaces. In: Compact Complex Surfaces. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57739-0_10

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