Simply connected symplectic 4-manifolds with $b_2^{+}=1$ and $c_1^2=2$

Abstract

In this article we construct a new family of simply connected symplectic 4-manifolds with $b_2^{+}=1$ and $c_1^2=2$ which are not diffeomorphic to rational surfaces by using rational blow-down technique. As a corollary, we conclude that a rational surface ${\mathbf{C}P}^2♯7{\overline{\mathbf{C}P}}^2$ admits an exotic smooth structure.

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