Around Homology Planes: Old and new
Abstract
We survey some old and new results about acyclic (affine) complex surfaces, also called homology planes. We ask several questions and leave open directions for future research.2020 Mathematics Subject Classification:
14R10, 13-02, 57K43Keywords
homology planes, exotic structures, contractible 4-manifolds, boundary manifolds
Author Details
Rodolfo Aguilar
University of Miami
Coral Gables, USA
e-mail: aaguilar.rodolfo@gmail.com
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