Mori–Reid–Tian conjecture on disjoint positive-genus curves on complex surfaces

Let XX be a smooth complex surface with b1(X)=0b_1(X)=0 and b2(X)>1b_2(X)>1. Suppose that DiD_i are smooth, pairwise disjoint complex curves on XX, each of positive genus gi>0g_i>0, and that their homology classes span H2(X,Q)H_2(X,\mathbb{Q}). Mori–Reid–Tian conjecture. No such smooth complex surface XX exists. This conjecture would rule out the complex-surface configuration needed to construct a semi-regular Sasakian structure on the associated Seifert bundle, and is relevant to the distinction between semi-regular K-contact and Sasakian structures. Its resolution is not established in the supplied text.

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A. Cañas, V. Muñoz, M. Schütt and A. Tralle, “Quasi-regular Sasakian and K-contact structures on Smale-Barden manifolds”, arXiv:2004.12643 (2020).

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