Handle-decomposition independence conjecture for sutured instanton cobordism maps
Let (M,Γ)(M,\Gamma)(M,Γ) be a sutured submanifold of (M′,Γ′)(M',\Gamma')(M′,Γ′), and let ξ\xiξ be a contact structure on M′∖int(M)M'\setminus\operatorname{int}(M)M′∖int(M) with dividing set Γ∪Γ′\Gamma\cup\Gamma'Γ∪Γ′. Given…