
In this paper we prove that no complex surface of general type is diffeomorphic to a rational surface, thereby completing the smooth classification of rational surfaces and the proof of the Van de Ven conjecture on the smooth invariance of Kodaira dimension.
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Surfaces of general type, Geometric Topology (math.GT), a surface of general type can not be diffeomorphic to a rational surface, Article, Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry, Mathematics - Geometric Topology, 510.mathematics, gauge theory, Rational and ruled surfaces, FOS: Mathematics, Families, moduli, classification: algebraic theory, Algebraic Geometry (math.AG), Van de Ven conjecture
Surfaces of general type, Geometric Topology (math.GT), a surface of general type can not be diffeomorphic to a rational surface, Article, Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry, Mathematics - Geometric Topology, 510.mathematics, gauge theory, Rational and ruled surfaces, FOS: Mathematics, Families, moduli, classification: algebraic theory, Algebraic Geometry (math.AG), Van de Ven conjecture
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