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Stabilized Symplectic Embeddings

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Complex and Symplectic Geometry

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We survey some symplectic embedding results focussing on the case when both domain and range are products of 4-dimensional ellipsoids or polydisks with Euclidean space. The stabilized problems have additional flexibility but some 4-dimensional obstructions persist.

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The author is partially supported by grant # 317510 from the Simons Foundation.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

    Richard Hind

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica ‘Ulisse Dini’, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

    Daniele Angella

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Costantino Medori

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Adriano Tomassini

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Hind, R. (2017). Stabilized Symplectic Embeddings. In: Angella, D., Medori, C., Tomassini, A. (eds) Complex and Symplectic Geometry. Springer INdAM Series, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62914-8_7

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