The Seiberg-witten Equations And Applications To The Topology Of Smooth Four-manifolds (mathematical Notes, Vol. 44)
by John W. Morgan /
1995 / English / PDF
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The recent introduction of the Seiberg-Witten invariants of smooth four-manifolds has revolutionized the study of those manifolds. The invariants are gauge-theoretic in nature and are close cousins of the much-studied SU(2)-invariants defined over fifteen years ago by Donaldson. On a practical level, the new invariants have proved to be more powerful and have led to a vast generalization of earlier results. This book is an introduction to the Seiberg-Witten invariants.
