The Seiberg–Witten invariants and 4–manifolds with essential tori

Taubes, Clifford Henry¹

¹ Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

Geometry & topology, Tome 5 (2001) no. 2, pp. 441-519.

Résumé

A formula is given for the Seiberg–Witten invariants of a 4–manifold that is cut along certain kinds of 3–dimensional tori. The formula involves a Seiberg–Witten invariant for each of the resulting pieces.

Détail

DOI : 10.2140/gt.2001.5.441

Keywords: Seiberg–Witten invariants, gluing theorems

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