Contactomorphism status of boundary diffeomorphisms for Stein corks
Determine whether the boundary diffeomorphisms of the Stein corks C(1,1;-1) and C_m described in Gompf's construction and in Section 2 are contactomorphisms, thereby establishing whether these Stein corks are contact corks.
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On the other hand, it remains an open question whether the boundary diffeomorphisms of these Stein corks are contactomorphisms, hence making them ``contact corks''. For the Stein corks $C(1,1;-1)$ and $C_m$, are the boundary diffeomorphisms described in and Section \ref{nutshell} contactomorphisms?
— Infinite order corks that admit Stein structures
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