## Nagoya Mathematical Journal

### On symplectic fillings of links of rational surface singularities with reduced fundamental cycle

Mohan Bhupal

#### Abstract

We prove that every symplectic filling of the link of a rational surface singularity with reduced fundamental cycle admits a rational compactification, possibly after a modification of the filling in a collar neighbourhood of the link.

#### Article information

Source
Nagoya Math. J., Volume 175 (2004), 51-57.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 27 April 2005

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.nmj/1114632094

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2085310

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1073.53115

#### Citation

Bhupal, Mohan. On symplectic fillings of links of rational surface singularities with reduced fundamental cycle. Nagoya Math. J. 175 (2004), 51--57. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.nmj/1114632094

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