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Stein surfaces as open subsets of C2

Robert E. Gompf

math.GTarXiv:math/0501509

Abstract

An open subset U of a complex surface can be topologically perturbed to yield an open subset whose inherited complex structure is Stein, if and only if U is homeomorphic to the interior of a handlebody whose handles all have index equal or less than 2.

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