Generalized correction-term bounds and the diagonal intersection form conjecture

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Let YY be a rational homology sphere with H1(Y;Z)=h|H_1(Y;\mathbb Z)|=h. Suppose that YY bounds a negative-definite four-manifold XX whose first homology has no torsion. Write d(Y,t)d(Y,\mathfrak t) for the correction term associated to a Spinc\text{Spin}^c structure, and let Δh\Delta_h denote the diagonal intersection form of rank hh. Generalized correction-term bounds conjecture. One should have

mint0Spin(Y)d(Y,t0)1h4,\min_{\mathfrak t_0\in\operatorname{Spin}(Y)}d(Y,\mathfrak t_0)\geq \frac{1-h}{4},

and

maxtSpinc(Y)d(Y,t){(11h)/4if h is odd,1/4if h is even.\max_{\mathfrak t\in\operatorname{Spin}^c(Y)}d(Y,\mathfrak t)\geq \begin{cases}\left(1-\frac{1}{h}\right)/4 & \text{if $h$ is odd},\\[5mm] 1/4 & \text{if $h$ is even.}\end{cases}

If equality holds in either inequality, then the intersection form of XX is Δh\Delta_h. The statement is presented as a consequence of Conjectures and; the supplied text gives no resolution, so its status remains open.

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Brendan Owens and Saso Strle, “A characterisation of the n<1> + <3> form and applications to rational homology spheres”, arXiv:math/0312266 (2004).

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