Smooth Realizations of Line Configurations
Abstract
We study the problem of realizing line configurations as collections of 2-spheres smoothly embedded in the complex projective plane. Building upon prior work by Ruberman and Starkston on topological realizations, we establish a stronger obstruction in the smooth category. Our proof relies on lattice-theoretic arguments based on Donaldson's diagonalization theorem.
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