Turaev's conjecture relating Seiberg–Witten invariants and torsion
Turaev's conjecture relating Seiberg–Witten invariants and torsion
Let be a closed -manifold with , let be a homology orientation, and let be the set of Euler structures. Turaev’s torsion defines a map by evaluating the appropriately normalized torsion at ; when , this depends on the sign of . Let be the natural isomorphism. Turaev’s conjecture. The Seiberg–Witten invariant agrees with the Turaev torsion:
This conjecture gives a combinatorial description of the Seiberg–Witten invariant in terms of Turaev torsion. The source presents it as a conjecture and does not state a resolution.
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Primary source
Michael Hutchings and Yi-Jen Lee, “Circle-valued Morse theory and Reidemeister torsion”, arXiv:dg-ga/9706012 (1999).
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