A four-dimensional mapping class group relation
摘要
In the symplectic mapping class group of a 4-dimensional Weinstein domain, we give a relation between two products of (right-handed) Dehn twists via holomorphic curve techniques. A key ingredient of the construction is a solution to the symplectic isotopy problem on symplectic submanifolds in del Pezzo surfaces. In the appendix, we provide an alternative proof of a relation between a fibered Dehn twist and a product of Dehn twists.