More Constraints on Symplectic Forms from Seiberg-witten Invariants
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Recently, Seiberg and Witten (see [SW1], [SW2], [W]) introduced a remarkable new equation which gives differential-topological invariants for a compact, oriented 4-manifold with a distinguished integral cohomology class which reduces mod(2) to the 2nd Steiffel-Whitney class of the manifold. A brief mathematical description of these new invariants is given in the recent preprint [KM1]. Using the Seiberg-Witten equations, I proved in [T] the following:
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تاریخ انتشار 1995