The symplectic Poincaré-type uniqueness conjecture for minimizers

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Let GG be a group, and let MM be a symplectic 4-manifold with π1(M)G\pi_1(M)\cong G that minimizes χ:M(G)Z\chi:\mathfrak{M}(G)\rightarrow {\mathbb Z}. Let QMQ_M denote the intersection form of MM. Symplectic minimizer uniqueness conjecture. Any other symplectic manifold with intersection form QMQ_M that also minimizes χ:M(G)Z\chi:\mathfrak{M}(G)\rightarrow {\mathbb Z} is diffeomorphic to MM.

The conjecture refines uniqueness of symplectic Euler-characteristic minimizers by fixing the intersection form, motivated by the existence of distinct minimizers with the same fundamental group but different intersection forms. The source describes the question as a conjecture, and the supplied status evidence does not establish a counterexample; its resolution should therefore be checked.

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Primary source

Scott Baldridge and Paul Kirk, “On symplectic 4-manifolds with prescribed fundamental group”, arXiv:math/0504345 (2005).

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