%0 Journal Article %A Muñoz, Vicente %T Basic classes for four-manifolds not of simple type %D 2000 %@ 1019-8385 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58464 %X We extend the notion of basic classes (for the Donaldson invariants) to 4-manifolds with b+ > 1 which are (potentially) not of simple type or satisfy b1 > 0.We also give a structure theorem for the Donaldson invariants of 4-manifolds with b+ > 1, b1 > 0 and of strong simple type. %~