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Edges, Orbifolds, and Seiberg-Witten Theory

Differential Geometry 2013-05-10 v1

Abstract

Seiberg-Witten theory is used to obtain new obstructions to the existence of Einstein metrics on 4-manifolds with conical singularities along an embedded surface. In the present article, the cone angle is required to be of the form 2(pi)/p, where p is a positive integer, but we conjecture that similar results will also hold in greater generality.

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@article{arxiv.1305.1960,
  title  = {Edges, Orbifolds, and Seiberg-Witten Theory},
  author = {Claude LeBrun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.1960},
  year   = {2013}
}

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54 pages, two figures

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