The Seiberg-Witten equations on manifolds with boundary. II: Lagrangian boundary conditions for a Floer theory (Q1693878)

Consider the Seiberg-Witten equations on a 4-manifold \(X.\) These equations are a system of nonlinear partial differential equations for a connection and a spinor on \(X.\) When \(X\) is a product \(\mathbb R\times Y\), where \(Y\) is a closed 3-manifold, the Seiberg-Witten equations on \(\mathbb R\times Y\) become the formal downward gradient flow of the Chern-Simons-Dirac functional on \(Y\). In the paper under review the author considers the case when \(Y\) is a 3-manifold with boundary. The main result is that the Seiberg-Witten equations \(\mathrm{SW}_4(A,\Phi)=0\), supplied with a Lagrangian boundary condition arising from a monopole Lagrangian yield an elliptic boundary value problem, i.e., one for which elliptic regularity modulo gauge holds, see [\textit{T. Nguyen}, Commun. Anal. Geom. 20, No. 3, 565--676 (2012; Zbl 1262.57031)]. The author follows the approach of \textit{D. Salamon} and \textit{K. Wehrheim} in their paper [Geom. Topol. 12, No. 2, 747--918 (2008; Zbl 1166.57018)] and \textit{K. Wehrheim}'s article [Commun. Math. Phys. 254, No. 1, 45--89 (2005; Zbl 1083.53029)]. Moreover, some regularity, compactness, and Fredholm properties for the Seiberg-Witten equations are established. Finally, the author mentions that this work serves as an analytic foundation for the construction of a monopole Floer theory for 3-manifolds with boundary.