BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250806T211931EDT-7474vBt2vA@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250807T011931Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Embeddings of rational balls\n\nAbstract: The generalise d rational blowdown operation of Fintushel-Stern and J. Park involves remo ving a plumbed submanifold bounded by the lens space L(p^2\,pq-1) from a s mooth 4-manifold\, and replacing it by a rational homology 4-ball. For thi s reason and others there has been some interest in embeddings of these ra tional balls in various 4-manifolds. I will discuss some results in this a rea including examples of rational balls which embed smoothly but not symp lectically in CP^2.\n DTSTART:20190911T150000Z DTEND:20190911T160000Z LOCATION:Room PK-5115 \, CA\, Pavillon President-Kennedy\, 201 Ave. Preside nt-Kennedy SUMMARY:Brendan Owens\, University of Glasgow URL:/mathstat/channels/event/brendan-owens-university- glasgow-300478 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR