The application of Seiberg-Witten theory to the study of smooth 4-manifolds over the last three years has proved extremely fruitful. In particular, progress has been made concerning the '11/8s' conjecture and the minimal genus problem. In this dissertation, we extend a '10/8s' result of Furuta to a special group of spin 4-orbifolds. This result yields information concerning the minimal genus problem of representing homology classes of a smooth 4-manifold by embedded surfaces / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_24899 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Acosta, Daniel James (Author), Lawson, Terry Curtis (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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