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2013 Poincaré invariants are Seiberg–Witten invariants
Huai-liang Chang, Young-Hoon Kiem
Geom. Topol. 17(2): 1149-1163 (2013). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2013.17.1149

Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Dürr, Kabanov and Okonek that provides an algebro-geometric theory of Seiberg–Witten invariants for all smooth projective surfaces. Our main technique is the cosection localization principle (Kiem and Li [arXiv:1007.3085]) of virtual cycles.

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Huai-liang Chang. Young-Hoon Kiem. "Poincaré invariants are Seiberg–Witten invariants." Geom. Topol. 17 (2) 1149 - 1163, 2013. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2013.17.1149

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Received: 17 October 2012; Revised: 7 November 2012; Accepted: 8 December 2012; Published: 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1276.14064
MathSciNet: MR3070521
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2013.17.1149

Subjects:
Primary: 14J80

Keywords: Poincaré invariant , Seiberg–Witten invariants , virtual cycles

Rights: Copyright © 2013 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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