A NOTE ON LEFSCHETZ FIBRATIONS ON COMPACT STEIN 4-MANIFOLDS
COMMUNICATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS, vol.14, no.5, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 14 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.1142/s0219199712500356
- Journal Name: COMMUNICATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Keywords: Stein manifold, Lefschetz fibration, open book, plumbing, CONTACT STRUCTURES, SURFACES
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Loi-Piergallini and Akbulut-Ozbagci showed that every compact Stein surface admits a Lefschetz fibration over the disk D-2 with bounded fibers. In this note we give a more intrinsic alternative proof of this result.