A basic question in symplectic topology is that of understanding which 2nâdimensional smooth closed manifolds admit a symplectic structure. There are some obvious homotopical requirements, such as the existence of a cohomology 2âclass whose exterior wedge powers are all nonâzero (up to the maximal degree of the nonâzero cohomology groups) and of a nonâdegenerate alternating 2âform. In dimension 2n=4, Taubes '94 found some additional nonâtrivial necessary conditions coming from the deep theory of SeibergâWitten invariants. This said, at this time it is still unknown whether there are some nonâtrivial geometric conditions in the case of dimensions 2n>4.
The research visit of Agustin Moreno is in relation to a joint work of ours together with Lauran Toussaint and Francisco Presas, where we aim to prove that, given any smooth closed 4âmanifold M where all the homotopical necessary conditions to have a symplectic form are satisfied, its product MxT^2 with the 2âtorus T^2 admits a symplectic structure. In other words, up to stabilizing the 4âmanifold by taking a product with the 2âtorus, the nonâtrivial geometric conditions of the 4âdimensional case are no longer important.