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The Global Spherical Shell conjecture for minimal class VII surfaces with positive second Betti number

Theorem 1.1: every minimal class VII surface with b2>0b_2>0 contains a global spherical shell. Corollaries: by Kato, each such surface deforms to blown-up primary Hopf surfaces, has π1≅Z\pi_1\cong\mathbb Z and is diffeomorphic to (S1×S3)#b2CP‾2(S^1\times S^3)\#b_2\overline{\mathbb{CP}}^2; and aspherical compact complex surfaces satisfy χ≥95∣σ∣\chi\ge\tfrac95|\sigma|. The proof builds divisors on the infinite cyclic cover and shows all their components are compact rational curves, then applies Dloussky-Oeljeklaus-Toma. It does not give a complete biholomorphic classification of the resulting Kato surfaces beyond what Kato's theory provides.

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Theorem 1.1: every minimal class VII surface with b2>0b_2>0 contains a global spherical shell. Corollaries: by Kato, each such surface deforms to blown-up primary Hopf surfaces, has π1≅Z\pi_1\cong\mathbb Z and is diffeomorphic to (S1×S3)#b2CP‾2(S^1\times S^3)\#b_2\overline{\mathbb{CP}}^2; and aspherical compact complex surfaces satisfy χ≥95∣σ∣\chi\ge\tfrac95|\sigma|. The proof builds divisors on the infinite cyclic cover and shows all their components are compact rational curves, then applies Dloussky-Oeljeklaus-Toma. It does not give a complete biholomorphic classification of the resulting Kato surfaces beyond what Kato's theory provides. parent of this event

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