Torsion invariants of Spin\(^c\)-structures on 3-manifolds (Q1378336)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1117490
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1117490 |
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Torsion invariants of Spin\(^c\)-structures on 3-manifolds (English)
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12 July 1998
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The Seiberg-Witten invariant of a closed oriented \(3\)-manifold is closely related to a Reidemeister type torsion. The author discusses relationships between \(\text{Spin}^c\)-structures and torsions. He shows that the torsion of a \(3\)-manifold is a finite linear combination of homology classes and he defines a numerical invariant of \(\text{Spin}^c\)-structures on \(3\)-manifolds.
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torsion invariants
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spin structures
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3-manifolds
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