Preface |
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1 4-manifold handlebodies |
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1 | (18) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (4) |
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1.5 Non-orientable handles |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (3) |
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2 Building low-dimensional manifolds |
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19 | (18) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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2.3 Some useful diffeomorphisms |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (5) |
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2.5 Constructing diffeomorphisms by carving |
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29 | (3) |
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32 | (1) |
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2.7 Some classical invariants |
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33 | (4) |
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3 Gluing 4-manifolds along their boundaries |
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37 | (6) |
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3.1 Constructing --M ƒ N by the upside down method |
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37 | (2) |
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3.2 Constructing --M ƒ N and M(ƒ) by the cylinder method (roping) |
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39 | (3) |
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3.3 Codimension zero surgery M → M1 |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (12) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (7) |
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4.3 General surface bundles over surfaces |
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52 | (1) |
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4.4 Circle bundles over 3-manifolds |
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52 | (1) |
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4.5 3-manifold bundles over the circle |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (9) |
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56 | (1) |
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5.2 From framed links to Heegaard diagrams |
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57 | (2) |
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5.3 Gluing knot complements |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (14) |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (1) |
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6.3 Logarithmic transform |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (4) |
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78 | (17) |
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7.1 Elliptic surface E(n) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (5) |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (17) |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (1) |
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8.3 Eliashberg's characterization of Stein |
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99 | (2) |
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8.4 Convex decomposition of 4-manifolds |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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8.7 Imbedding Stein to symplectic via PALF |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (11) |
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9.1 Constructing small exotic manifolds |
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112 | (4) |
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9.2 Iterated O-Whitehead doubles are non-slice |
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116 | (3) |
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9.3 A solution of a conjecture of Zeeman |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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9.5 An exotic non-orientable closed manifold |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (15) |
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125 | (5) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (5) |
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138 | (12) |
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11.1 Handlebody of coverings |
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138 | (3) |
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11.2 Handlebody of branched coverings |
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141 | (6) |
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11.3 Branched covers along ribbon surfaces |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (13) |
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12.1 Milnor fibers of isolated singularities |
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150 | (3) |
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12.2 Hypersurfaces that are branched covers of CP2 |
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153 | (2) |
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12.3 Handlebody descriptions of Vd |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (5) |
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13 Seiberg--Witten invariants |
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163 | (43) |
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164 | (2) |
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13.2 Action of Λ(X) on W± |
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166 | (5) |
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171 | (2) |
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13.4 A special calculation |
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173 | (1) |
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13.5 Seiberg--Witten invariants |
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174 | (7) |
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13.6 S--W when b+2(X) = 1 |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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13.8 S--W for torus surgeries |
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182 | (1) |
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13.9 S--W for manifolds with T3 boundary |
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183 | (2) |
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13.10 S--W for logarithmic transforms |
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185 | (1) |
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13.11 S--W for knot surgery XK |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (2) |
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13.13 Moduli space near the reducible solution |
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191 | (2) |
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13.14 Almost complex and symplectic structures |
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193 | (7) |
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13.15 Antiholomorphic quotients |
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200 | (1) |
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13.16 S--W equations on R × Y3 |
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201 | (1) |
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13.17 Adjunction inequality |
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202 | (4) |
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206 | (39) |
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206 | (4) |
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14.2 Cappell--Shaneson homotopy spheres |
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210 | (9) |
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14.3 Flexible contractible 4-manifolds |
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219 | (4) |
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14.4 Some small closed exotic manifolds |
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223 | (22) |
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14.4.1 An exotic CP2#3CP2 |
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223 | (11) |
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14.4.2 An exotic CP2#2CP2 |
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234 | (9) |
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14.4.3 Fintushel--Stern reverse engineering |
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243 | (2) |
References |
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245 | (16) |
Index |
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