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The Seiberg-Witten invariants and 4-manifolds with essential tori

Geometric Topology 2014-11-11 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

A formula is given for the Seiberg-Witten invariants of a 4-manifold that is cut along certain kinds of 3-dimensional tori. The formula involves a Seiberg-Witten invariant for each of the resulting pieces.

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@article{arxiv.math/0105209,
  title  = {The Seiberg-Witten invariants and 4-manifolds with essential tori},
  author = {Clifford Henry Taubes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0105209},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Published by Geometry and Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol5/paper16.abs.html