Chern-Simons invariants, SO(3) instantons, and Z/2 homology cobordism

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Authors Matthew Hedden, Paul Kirk

Publication date 5 January 2012

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5365

zbMATH Keywords

anti-self-dualChern-Simonshomology cobordism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57) Other types of cobordism (57R90) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28)

Abstract: We review the SO(3) instanton gauge theory of Fintushel and Stern and recast it in the context of 4-manifolds with cylindrical ends. Appli- cations to the Z/2-homology cobordism group of Z/2-homology 3-spheres are given.

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