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Lefschetz fibrations on compact Stein surfaces

Selman Akbulut and Burak Özbağcı

Geometry & Topology 5 (2001) 319–334

Erratum: Geometry & Topology 5 (2001) 939–945

arXiv: math.GT/0012239

Abstract

Let M be a compact Stein surface with boundary. We show that M admits infinitely many pairwise nonequivalent positive allowable Lefschetz fibrations over D2 with bounded fibers.

Keywords
Lefschetz fibration, Stein surface, open book decomposition
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57R55
Secondary: 57R65, 57R17, 57M50
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Received: 31 January 2001
Accepted: 20 March 2001
Published: 25 March 2001
Proposed: Robion Kirby
Seconded: Yasha Eliashberg, Ronald Stern
Authors
Selman Akbulut
Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
Michigan 48824
USA
Burak Özbağcı
Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
Michigan 48824
USA