Symplectic mapping class relations from pencil pairs

Abstract

We describe symplectic mapping class relations between products of positive Dehn twists along Lagrangian spheres in Weinstein $4$-manifolds, all of which are affine $\mathbb{C}$ varieties. The relations are obtained by applying classification results for Fano $3$-folds and polarized $K3$ surfaces of small genus to a general methodology -- finding pencil pairs.

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