## Geometry & Topology

### The Seiberg–Witten invariants and 4–manifolds with essential tori

Clifford Henry Taubes

#### Abstract

A formula is given for the Seiberg–Witten invariants of a 4–manifold that is cut along certain kinds of 3–dimensional tori. The formula involves a Seiberg–Witten invariant for each of the resulting pieces.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 5, Number 2 (2001), 441-519.

Dates
Accepted: 5 May 2001
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513883034

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2001.5.441

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1833751

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1037.57026

#### Citation

Taubes, Clifford Henry. The Seiberg–Witten invariants and 4–manifolds with essential tori. Geom. Topol. 5 (2001), no. 2, 441--519. doi:10.2140/gt.2001.5.441. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513883034

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