An obstruction to smooth isotopy in dimension \(4\)

DOI10.4310/MRL.1998.v5.n6.a5zbMath0946.57025arXivmath/9807041OpenAlexW2320854228MaRDI QIDQ1574676

Daniel Ruberman

Publication date: 13 August 2000

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9807041

zbMATH Keywords

diffeomorphismSeiberg-Witten invariantssmooth 4-manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Isotopy and pseudo-isotopy (57N37) Isotopy in differential topology (57R52)

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