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3-dimensional Seiberg--Witten theory and mirror symmetry

Lead Research Organisation: University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Mathematics

Abstract

The 4-dimensional Seiberg--Witten invariants provide interesting numbers allowing one to study smooth structures on 4-manifolds. They possess the structure resembling that of a topological quantum field theory where to a 3-manifold one associates the monopole Floer homology and to a 4-manifold the Seiberg--Witten invariants. The goal of this project is to
define a fully extended 3-dimensional TQFT underlying simplified, 3-dimensional, Seiberg--Witten invariants. A guiding tool will be provided by the theory of 3-dimensional mirror symmetry relating them to the Rozansky--Witten invariants.

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Studentship Projects

Project Reference Relationship Related To Start End Student Name
EP/W523847/1 30/09/2021 29/09/2025
2620080 Studentship EP/W523847/1 31/08/2021 30/08/2025 Theodoros Lagiotis