Polynomial invariants for smooth four-manifolds

DOI10.1016/0040-9383(90)90001-ZzbMath0715.57007WikidataQ56032311 ScholiaQ56032311MaRDI QIDQ752548

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

gauge theory Donaldson invariants Yang-Mills diffeomorphic to the connected sum of two oriented 4-manifolds differential topology of algebraic surfaces intersection forms of smooth 4-manifolds polynomials in the homology of $X$rank of a maximal positive subspace for the intersection form simply-connected, smooth, complex projective surface smooth structures on homeomorphic 4-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20) Pseudodifferential and Fourier integral operators on manifolds (58J40) Differentiable structures in differential topology (57R55) Compact complex surfaces (32J15) (h)- and (s)-cobordism (57R80) Differential topological aspects of diffeomorphisms (57R50)

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