The classification conjecture for square-zero sphere classes

Let XX be the smooth, closed, oriented 44-manifold under consideration, with signature σ\sigma and modified Euler characteristic χ~\tilde \chi, and let Γ\Gamma denote its intersection lattice. Let AA be a homology class with AA=0A\cdot A=0 represented by an embedded sphere. Write Aut(Γ)T\operatorname{Aut}(\Gamma)^T for the subgroup of lattice automorphisms preserving the relevant TT-structure. Square-zero sphere-class conjecture. If

2χ~+3σ<0,2\tilde \chi+3\sigma<0,

then AA is equivalent under Aut(Γ)T\operatorname{Aut}(\Gamma)^T to one of the classes in the last part of the sphere-class proposition. The claim extends the preceding classification to the case 2χ~+3σ<02\tilde \chi+3\sigma<0; the paper presents this as a hoped-for classification, and no resolution is supplied in the given text.

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Bo Dai, Chung-I Ho and Tian-Jun Li, “Minimal genus for 4-manifolds with b^+=1”, arXiv:1501.00235 (2015).

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