Seidel's generation conjecture for symplectic mapping classes of rational surfaces

Let X=CP2#kCP2X= \mathbb{CP}^2\#k\overline{\mathbb{CP}}^2. Write π0Symp(X)\pi_0\operatorname{Symp}(X) for the group of symplectic mapping classes, and call a symplectomorphism a Lagrangian Dehn twist when it is the Dehn twist associated to a Lagrangian sphere in XX. Seidel's generation conjecture. π0Symp(X)\pi_0\operatorname{Symp}(X) is generated by Lagrangian Dehn twists. This conjecture concerns the structure of symplectic mapping class groups and their relation to monodromies from algebraic geometry. It is known for k4k\leq 4, while the cases with larger kk remain largely unresolved.

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Jun Li and Weiwei Wu, “Topology of symplectomorphism groups and ball-swappings”, arXiv:1910.01682 (2019).

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