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Periodic Floer pro-spectra from the Seiberg-Witten equations

Peter B. Kronheimer, Ciprian Manolescu

math.GTarXiv:math/0203243

Abstract

Given a three-manifold with b1=1 and a nontorsion spinc structure, we use finite dimensional approximation to construct from the Seiberg-Witten equations two invariants in the form of a periodic pro-spectra. Various functors applied to these invariants give different flavors of Seiberg-Witten Floer homology. We also construct stable homotopy versions of the relative Seiberg-Witten invariants for certain four-manifolds with boundary.

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