Seiberg-Witten invariants of nonsimple type and Einstein metrics (Q1610256)

The author studies the behavior of the moduli space of solutions to the Seiberg-Witten equations under a conformal change in the metric of a compact Kähler surface \((M,g)\). He proves that if the canonical line bundle \(K_M\) is of positive degree then (up to gauge) there is only one solution to the equations associated to any conformal metric to \(g\). Basing on this fact the author constructs examples of 4-dimensional manifolds with Spin\(^c\)-structures which are not induced by almost complex structures. As an application he shows the existence of nonhomeomorphic compact oriented 4-manifolds with free fundamental group and predetermined Euler characteristic and signature that do not carry Einstein metrics.