- Turkish Journal of Mathematics
- Vol: 26 Issue: 1
- Gauge theory and Stein fillings of certain 3-manifolds
Gauge theory and Stein fillings of certain 3-manifolds
Authors : András I. Stipsicz
Pages : 115-130
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Publication Date : 9999-12-31
Article Type : Makaleler
Abstract :In the following we show that a Stein filling S of the 3-torus T3 is homeomorphic to D2 \times T2. In the proof we also show that if S is Stein and \partial S is diffeomorphic to the Seifert fibered 3-manifold -S (2,3,11) then b1(S)=0 and QS=H. Similar results are obtained for the Poincaré homology sphere \pm S (2,3,5); in studying these fillings we apply recent gauge theoretic results, and prove our theorems by determining certain Seiberg-Witten invariants.Keywords : Turk. J. Math., 26, (2002), 115-130. Full text: pdf Other articles published in the same issue: Turk. J. Math., vol.26, iss.1.