Constructions of symplectic forms on 4-manifolds

Abstract

Given a symplectic 4-manifold $(X,\omega)$ with rational symplectic form, Auroux constructed branched coverings to $(CP^2,\omega_{FS})$. By modifying a previous construction of Lambert-Cole--Meier--Starkston, we prove that the branch locus in $CP^2$ can be assumed holomorphic in a neighborhood of the spine of the standard trisection of $CP^2$. Consequently, the symplectic 4-manifold $(X,\omega)$ admits a cohomologous symplectic form that is K\"ahler in a neighborhood of the 2-skeleton of $X$. We define the Picard group of holomorphic line bundles over the holomorphic 2-skeleton