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SEIBERG–WITTEN INVARIANTS OF RATIONAL HOMOLOGY 3-SPHERES

LIVIU I. NICOLAESCU

Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219199704001586Cited by:15 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We prove that the Seiberg–Witten invariants of a rational homology sphere are determined by the Casson–Walker invariant and the Reidemeister–Turaev torsion.

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AMSC: 57M27, 57R57, 58J28, 20C05, 11E81

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