Complementary legs and symplectic rational balls

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Autori principali: Etnyre, John B., Ozbagci, Burak, Tosun, Bülent
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author Etnyre, John B.
Ozbagci, Burak
Tosun, Bülent
author_facet Etnyre, John B.
Ozbagci, Burak
Tosun, Bülent
contents We show that a small Seifert fibered space with complementary legs does not symplectically bound a rational homology ball for at least one choice of orientation. In the case $e_0\leq -1$, we characterize when a small Seifert fibered space with uniquely complementary legs symplectically bounds a rational homology ball. In the case $e_0\geq 0$, we characterize when a small Seifert fibered space with complementary legs, equipped with a balanced contact structure, symplectically bounds a rational homology ball. Our results highlight a sharp contrast with the smooth category, where many more such Seifert fibered spaces are known to bound smooth rational homology balls. As a consequence of the results above, we also complete the classification of contact structures on oriented spherical $3$-manifolds that admit symplectic rational homology ball fillings. In particular, we show that a closed, oriented $3$-manifold with finite fundamental group admits at most six contact structures, up to isotopy, which are symplectically fillable by rational homology balls.
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spellingShingle Complementary legs and symplectic rational balls
Etnyre, John B.
Ozbagci, Burak
Tosun, Bülent
Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
57K43, 57K33
We show that a small Seifert fibered space with complementary legs does not symplectically bound a rational homology ball for at least one choice of orientation. In the case $e_0\leq -1$, we characterize when a small Seifert fibered space with uniquely complementary legs symplectically bounds a rational homology ball. In the case $e_0\geq 0$, we characterize when a small Seifert fibered space with complementary legs, equipped with a balanced contact structure, symplectically bounds a rational homology ball. Our results highlight a sharp contrast with the smooth category, where many more such Seifert fibered spaces are known to bound smooth rational homology balls. As a consequence of the results above, we also complete the classification of contact structures on oriented spherical $3$-manifolds that admit symplectic rational homology ball fillings. In particular, we show that a closed, oriented $3$-manifold with finite fundamental group admits at most six contact structures, up to isotopy, which are symplectically fillable by rational homology balls.
title Complementary legs and symplectic rational balls
topic Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
57K43, 57K33
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.04513