Mutation and gauge theory I: Yang-Mills invariants
Daniel Ruberman
Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
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Abstract
Mutation of 3-manifolds (cutting and regluing along a genus 2 surface using a central involution) is shown to preserve the instanton Floer homology of homology 3-spheres. A related operation on 4-manifolds is shown to preserve the Donaldson polynomial invariant.
Cite this article
Daniel Ruberman, Mutation and gauge theory I: Yang-Mills invariants. Comment. Math. Helv. 74 (1999), no. 4, pp. 615–641
DOI 10.1007/S000140050108