A CONTACT INVARIANT IN SUTURED MONOPOLE HOMOLOGY

We define an invariant of contact 3-manifolds with convex boundary using Kronheimer and Mrowka’s sutured monopole Floer homology theory ( $SHM$ ). Our invariant can be viewed as a generalization of Kronhe...

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Main Authors: JOHN A. BALDWIN, STEVEN SIVEK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016-01-01
Series:Forum of Mathematics, Sigma
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2050509416000116/type/journal_article