Journal of Symplectic Geometry

Volume 12 (2014)

Number 2

The closure of the symplectic cone of elliptic surfaces

Pages: 365 – 377

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/JSG.2014.v12.n2.a5

Author

M. J. D. Hamilton (Institute for Geometry and Topology, University of Stuttgart, Germany)

Abstract

The symplectic cone of a closed oriented 4-manifold is the set of cohomology classes represented by symplectic forms. A well-known conjecture describes this cone for every minimal Kähler surface. We consider the case of the elliptic surfaces $E(n)$ and focus on a slightly weaker conjecture for the closure of the symplectic cone. We prove this conjecture in the case of the spin surfaces $E(2m)$ using inflation and the action of self-diffeomorphisms of the elliptic surface. An additional obstruction appears in the non-spin case.

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Published 13 May 2014