Using an obstruction based on Donaldson's theorem on the intersection forms of definite 4-manifolds, we determine which connected sums of lens spaces smoothly embed in S-4. We also find constraints on the Seifert invariants of Seifert 3-manifolds which embed in S-4 when either the base orbifold is non-orientable or the first Betti number is odd. In addition, we construct some new embeddings and use these, along with the d and (mu) over bar invariants, to examine the question of when the double branched cover of a 3 or 4 strand pretzel link embeds.
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Univ Cambridge, Dept Pure Math & Math Stat, Ctr Math Sci, Cambridge CB3 0WB, EnglandUniv Cambridge, Dept Pure Math & Math Stat, Ctr Math Sci, Cambridge CB3 0WB, England