Gauge Theory and the Topology of Four-manifolds (Hardcover)

The lectures in this volume provide a perspective on how 4-manifold theory was studied before the discovery of modern-day Seiberg-Witten theory. One reason the progress using the Seiberg-Witten invariants was so spectacular was that those studying $SU(2)$-gauge theory had more than ten years' experience with the subject. The tools had been honed, the correct questions formulated, and the basic strategies well understood. The knowledge immediately bore fruit in the technically simpler environment of the Seiberg-Witten theory. Gauge theory long predates Donaldson's applications of the subject to 4-manifold topology, where the central concern was the geometry of the moduli space.One reason for the interest in this study is the connection between the gauge theory moduli spaces of a Kahler manifold and the algebro-geometric moduli space of stable holomorphic bundles over the manifold. The extra geometric richness of the $SU(2)$ - moduli spaces may one day be important for purposes beyond the algebraic invariants that have been studied to date. It is for this reason that the results presented in this volume will be essential.

General

Imprint:	American Mathematical Society
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	IAS/Park City Mathematics Series
Release date:	February 1998
Authors:	Robert Friedman • John W. Morgan
Dimensions:	260 x 182 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	221
ISBN-13:	978-0-8218-0591-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Topology > General
LSN:	0-8218-0591-6
Barcode:	9780821805916

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