Removal of semipositivity in the taming criterion for almost complex 4-manifolds

Let (X,J)(X,J) be a closed almost complex 44-manifold. Suppose there exists a closed 22-form ϕ\phi such that, for every xXx\in X, there is a closed connected pseudoholomorphic curve CxC_x passing through xx with Cxϕ>0\int_{C_x}\phi>0. Semipositivity-removal conjecture. The semipositivity assumption on ϕ\phi in Proposition can be removed; under these hypotheses, (X,J)(X,J) admits a taming symplectic structure. This conjecture asks whether homological positivity of the curves alone suffices for the taming criterion, without requiring the auxiliary closed form to be semipositive.

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Spencer Cattalani, “Positivity of Intersections and Tameness of Almost Complex 4-manifolds”, arXiv:2401.17381 (2026).

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