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Symplectic $4$–manifolds, Stein domains, Seiberg–Witten theory and mapping class groups

András I Stipsicz
Geometry & Topology Monographs 19 (2015) 173–200
DOI: 10.2140/gtm.2015.19.173
Abstract

In this survey we review some aspects of the connection between mapping class groups, symplectic 4–manifolds, Stein domains and Lefschetz fibrations on them.

Keywords
mapping class group, symplectic $4$–manifold, Lefschetz fibration, Stein surface, monodromy factorization
Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 57R17
Secondary: 57R57
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Received: 28 January 2015
Accepted: 29 January 2015
Published: 29 December 2015
Authors
András I Stipsicz
Rényi Institute of Mathematics
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1053 Budapest
Reáltanoda utca 13–15
Hungary