Seiberg-Witten equation on a manifold with rank 2-foliation

2019/03/21 by Lin, Dexie
#Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1903.08815

Abstract

Let M be a closed oriented 4-manifold admitting a rank-2 oriented foliation with a metric of leafwise positive scalar curvature. If b⁺>1, then we will show that the Seiberg-Witten invariant vanishes for all \spinc structures.

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