Connectedness of spaces of symplectic embeddings
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We prove that the space of symplectic packings of ${\Bbb C}P^2$ by $k$ equal balls is connected for $3\leq k\leq 6$. The proof is based on Gromov-Witten invariants and on the inflation technique due to Lalonde and McDuff.
22 pages, written in Amslatex
22 pages, written in Amslatex