Gauge theory for embedded surfaces. I

DOI10.1016/0040-9383(93)90051-VzbMath0799.57007MaRDI QIDQ1319603

Tomasz S. Mrowka, Peter B. Kronheimer

Publication date: 12 May 1994

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

knot gauge theory slice genus polynomial invariants unknotting number embedded surface algebraic knots local Thom conjecture 2-dimensional homology class closed oriented 4-manifold genus of the Milnor fibre

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57) Realizing cycles by submanifolds (57R95)

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