How Long to Read The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds

How Long Does it Take to Read The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 20 minutes to read The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds by John W. Morgan

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Description

The recent introduction of the Seiberg-Witten invariants of smooth four-manifolds has revolutionized the study of those manifolds. The invariants are gauge-theoretic in nature and are close cousins of the much-studied SU(2)-invariants defined over fifteen years ago by Donaldson. On a practical level, the new invariants have proved to be more powerful and have led to a vast generalization of earlier results. This book is an introduction to the Seiberg-Witten invariants. The work begins with a review of the classical material on Spin c structures and their associated Dirac operators. Next comes a discussion of the Seiberg-Witten equations, which is set in the context of nonlinear elliptic operators on an appropriate infinite dimensional space of configurations. It is demonstrated that the space of solutions to these equations, called the Seiberg-Witten moduli space, is finite dimensional, and its dimension is then computed. In contrast to the SU(2)-case, the Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces are shown to be compact. The Seiberg-Witten invariant is then essentially the homology class in the space of configurations represented by the Seiberg-Witten moduli space. The last chapter gives a flavor for the applications of these new invariants by computing the invariants for most Kahler surfaces and then deriving some basic toological consequences for these surfaces.

How long is The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds?

The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds by John W. Morgan is 140 pages long, and a total of 35,000 words.

This makes it 47% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 11 minutes to read The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds aloud.

What Reading Level is The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds?

The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-manifolds is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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