A vanishing theorem for Donaldson invariants
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Abstract:
Given a smooth simply connected 4-manifold M, we prove that if there is a smoothly embedded 2-torus T inside M, then the $SU(2)$-Donaldson invariants of M vanish on collections of 2-homology classes, all of which are orthogonal to [T] and at least two of which are multiples of [T]. From this we deduce obstructions to the representability of 2-homology classes of some algebraic surfaces by smoothly embedded tori, and we compute the group of self-diffeomorphisms of certain 4-manifolds with boundary.References
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- © Copyright 1995 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), 607-613
- MSC: Primary 57R55; Secondary 57N13, 58D29
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1233978-5
- MathSciNet review: 1233978