# Monopoles and Three-Manifolds

```@inproceedings{Kronheimer2008MonopolesAT,
title={Monopoles and Three-Manifolds},
author={Peter B. Kronheimer and Tomasz S. Mrowka},
year={2008}
}```
• Published 21 January 2008
• Mathematics
Preface 1. Outlines 2. The Seiberg-Witten equations and compactness 3. Hilbert manifolds and perturbations 4. Moduli spaces and transversality 5. Compactness and gluing 6. Floer homology 7. Cobordisms and invariance 8. Non-exact perturbations 9. Calculations 10. Further developments References Glossary of notation Index.
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Review : Monopoles and three - manifolds by Peter Kronheimer and Tomasz Mrowka ( PDF )
• 2009