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Floer homology of Brieskorn homology spheres: solution to Atiyah's problem

Geometric Topology 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

In this paper we answer the question posed by M.~Atiyah and give an explicit formula for Floer homology of Brieskorn homology spheres in terms of their branching sets over the 3--sphere. We further show how Floer homology is related to other invariants of knots and 3--manifolds, among which are the μˉ\bar\mu--invariant of W.~Neumann and L.~Siebenmann and the Jones polynomial. Essential progress is made in proving the homology cobordism invariance of our own ν\nu--invariant.

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@article{arxiv.math/9701211,
  title  = {Floer homology of Brieskorn homology spheres: solution to Atiyah's problem},
  author = {Nikolai Saveliev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9701211},
  year   = {2009}
}