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Seiberg-Witten Invariants of Lens Spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Liviu I. Nicolaescu
Liviu I. Nicolaescu*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA website: http://www.nd.edu/∼lnicolae/ e-mail: nicolaescu.1@nd.edu
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Abstract

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We show that the Seiberg-Witten invariants of a lens space determine and are determined by its Casson-Walker invariant and its Reidemeister-Turaev torsion.

Keywords

58D2757Q1057R1557R1953C2053C25lens spacesSeifert manifoldsSeiberg-Witten invariantsCasson-Walker invariantReidemeister torsioneta invariantsDedekind-Rademacher sums
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , 01 August 2001 , pp. 780 - 808
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2001

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