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| Published in |
Journal of Gökova Geometry Topology, Volume 2 (2008) |
| Title |
Corks, Plugs and exotic structures |
| Author |
Selman Akbulut and Kouichi Yasui |
| Abstract |
We discuss corks, and introduce new objects which we call plugs. Though
plugs are fundamentally different objects, they also detect exotic smooth structures
in 4-manifolds like corks. We discuss relation between corks, plugs and rational blow-downs. We show how to detect corks and plugs inside of some exotic manifolds.
Furthermore, we construct knotted corks and plugs.
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| Keywords |
4-manifold, handlebody, Stein manifold, rational blow-down, h-cobordism |
| Pages | 40-82 |
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| Submitted: | June 26, 2008 |
| Accepted: | July 29, 2008 |
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