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Intersection form Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-14
For an oriented compact manifold of dimension , the intersection form is the bilinear pairing on middle-dimensional homology obtained by representing classes by transverse cycles and counting their signed intersection points. On an oriented four-manifold it is equivalently the cup-product pairing on evaluated on the fundamental class.
The intersection form of a 4-manifold is the four-dimensional case of this middle-dimensional intersection pairing.
Intersection form of a 4-manifold 2026-10-14
The intersection form of a 4-manifold is the middle-dimensional signed-intersection pairing of an oriented compact four-manifold. On a closed manifold it can equivalently be defined on second cohomology by evaluating the cup product on the fundamental class. The general intersection form also applies to higher dimensions.