On instanton homology of corks W_n

Abstract: We consider a family of corks, denoted

W_{n}

, constructed by Akbulut and Yasui. Each cork gives rise to an exotic structure on a smooth 4-manifold via a twist

a u

on its boundary

S i g m a_{n} = p a r t i a l W_{n}

. We compute the instanton Floer homology of

S i g m a_{n}

and show that the map induced on the instanton Floer homology by

a u : S i g m a_{n} i g h t a r r o w S i g m a_{n}

is non-trivial.

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