Abstract
We construct an invariant for non-spin 4-manifolds by using 2-torsion cohomology classes of moduli spaces of instantons on SO(3)-bundles. The invariant is an SO(3)-version of Fintushel-Stern's 2-torsion instanton invariant. We show that this SO(3)-torsion invariant is non-trivial for 2ℂℙ2#ℂℙ̄2, while it is known that any known invariant of 2ℂℙ2#ℂℙ̄2 coming from the Seiberg-Witten theory is trivial since 2ℂℙ 2#ℂℙ̄2 has a positive scalar curvature metric.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 257-289 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Journal of Mathematical Sciences |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 1 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Mathematics(all)
- Applied Mathematics