Equivariant Cerf theory and perturbative SU(n) Casson invariants

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Authors Shaoyun Bai, Boyu Zhang

Publication date 2 September 2020

Abstract: We develop an equivariant Cerf theory for Morse functions on finite-dimensional manifolds with group actions, and adapt the technique to the infinite-dimensional setting to study the moduli space of perturbed flat $SU(n)$-connections. As a consequence, we prove the existence of perturbative $SU(n)$ Casson invariants on integer homology spheres for all $nge3$, and write down an explicit formula when $n=4$. This generalizes the previous works of Boden and Herald.

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