The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-Manifolds. (Mn-44), Volume 44

by John W. Morgan

The recent introduction of the Seiberg-Witten invariants of smooth four-manifolds has revolutionized the study of those manifolds. The invariants are gauge-theoretic in nature and are close cousins of the much-studied SU(2)-invariants defined over fifteen years ago by Donaldson. On a practical level, the new invariants have proved to be more powerful and have led to a vast generalization of earlier results. This book is an introduction to the Seiberg-Witten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691025975
• ISBN13: 9780691025971
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"