Geometry & Topology, Vol. 7 (2003) Paper no. 28, pages 965--999.

A non-abelian Seiberg-Witten invariant for integral homology 3-spheres

Yuhan Lim

Abstract. A new diffeomorphism invariant of integral homology 3-spheres is defined using a non-abelian 'quaternionic' version of the Seiberg-Witten equations.

Keywords. Seiberg-Witten, 3-manifolds

AMS subject classification. Primary: 57R57. Secondary: 57M27.

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2003.7.965

E-print: arXiv:math.DG/0310401

Submitted to GT on 9 January 2003. (Revised 10 December 2003.) Paper accepted 19 December 2003. Paper published 21 December 2003.

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Yuhan Lim
Dept of Mathematics, Univ of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Email: ylim@math.ucsc.edu

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