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math.GT2014★ 5 cited
Comparing star surgery to rational blow-down
Laura Starkston
We compare the star surgery operations introduced in [KS] to the generalized rational blow-down. We show that star surgery shares the properties that make rational blow-down useful…
math.GT2014★ 10 cited
Surgery along star shaped plumbings and exotic smooth structures on 4-manifolds
Cagri Karakurt, Laura Starkston
We define a new 4-dimensional symplectic cut and paste operation which is analogous to Fintushel and Stern's rational blow-down. We use this operation to produce multiple construct…