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Ramanujam's surface M is a contractible affine algebraic surface which is not homeomorphic to the affine plane. For any m>1 the product M^m is diffeomorphic to Euclidean space {mathbb R}^{4m} . We show that, for every m>0 , M^m cannot be symplectically embedded into a subcritical Stein manifold. This gives the first examples of exotic symplectic structures on Euclidean space which are convex at infinity. It follows that any exhausting plurisubharmonic Morse function on M^m has at least three critical points, answering a question of Eliashberg. The heart of the argument involves showing a particular Lagrangian torus L inside M cannot be displaced from itself by any Hamiltonian isotopy, via a careful study of pseudoholomorphic discs with boundary on L .
contractible affine surface, 53D35; 14R10, Classification of affine varieties, 53D35, Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds, Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry, Stein manifold, Mathematics - Symplectic Geometry, exotic symplectic structure, Stein manifolds, FOS: Mathematics, Symplectic Geometry (math.SG), subcritical Stein manifold, 14R10, Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
contractible affine surface, 53D35; 14R10, Classification of affine varieties, 53D35, Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds, Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry, Stein manifold, Mathematics - Symplectic Geometry, exotic symplectic structure, Stein manifolds, FOS: Mathematics, Symplectic Geometry (math.SG), subcritical Stein manifold, 14R10, Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
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