On the Bauer–Furuta and Seiberg–Witten invariants of families of 4‐manifolds

DOI10.1112/TOPO.12229zbMATH Open1527.57023arXiv1903.01649MaRDI QIDQ6096944FDOQ6096944

Authors: David Baraglia, Hokuto Konno 

Publication date: 15 September 2023

Published in: Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how the families Seiberg-Witten invariants of a family of smooth $4$-manifolds can be recovered from the families Bauer-Furuta invariant via a cohomological formula. We use this formula to deduce several properties of the families Seiberg-Witten invariants. We give a formula for the Steenrod squares of the families Seiberg-Witten invariants leading to a series of mod $2$ relations between these invariants and the Chern classes of the spin${}^c$ index bundle of the family. As a result we discover a new aspect of the ordinary Seiberg-Witten invariants of a $4$-manifold $X$: they obstruct the existence of certain families of $4$-manifolds with fibres diffeomorphic to $X$. As a concrete geometric application, we shall detect a non-smoothable family of $K3$ surfaces. Our formalism also leads to a simple new proof of the families wall crossing formula. Lastly, we introduce $K$-theoretic Seiberg-Witten invariants and give a formula expressing the Chern character of the $K$-theoretic Seiberg-Witten invariants in terms of the cohomological Seiberg-Witten invariants. This leads to new divisibility properties of the families Seiberg-Witten invariants.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.01649

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zbMATH Keywords

Seiberg-Wittensmooth invariantBauer-Furutafamily 4-manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57) Topology of vector bundles and fiber bundles (57R22)

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