Surfaces in 4-manifolds: Addendum

TL;DR

This paper addresses a correction to a previous work on surfaces in 4-manifolds, specifically filling a gap in the proof of a key theorem from the original paper.

Contribution

It provides a necessary addendum to fix an incomplete proof in the original publication on surfaces in 4-manifolds.

Findings

Completes the proof of Theorem 1.2 from the original paper.

Ensures the validity of results regarding surfaces in 4-manifolds.

Clarifies the mathematical argument in the original work.

Abstract

In this note we fill a gap in the proof of the main theorem (Theorem 1.2) of our paper 'Surfaces in 4-manifolds', Math. Res. Letters 4 (1997), 907-914.