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Four-Manifold Invariants and Donaldson-Witten Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-12-25 v1 General Topology

Abstract

This article surveys invariants of four-manifolds and their relation to Donaldson-Witten theory, and other topologically twisted Yang-Mills theories. The article is written for the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, and focuses on the period since the first edition in 2006.

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@article{arxiv.2312.14709,
  title  = {Four-Manifold Invariants and Donaldson-Witten Theory},
  author = {Jan Manschot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.14709},
  year   = {2023}
}

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25 pages. Comments welcome