On the number of components of the symplectic representatives of the canonical class
Stefano Vidussi (2007)
Journal of the European Mathematical Society
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We show that there exists a family of simply connected, symplectic 4-manifolds such that the (Poincaré dual of the) canonical class admits both connected and disconnected symplectic representatives. This answers a question raised by Fintushel and Stern.