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Journal of Differential Geometry 55 (2000), 385-440.

Higher type adjunction inequalities in Seiberg-Witten theory

Peter Ozsváth and Zoltán Szabó

Abstract:

In this paper, we derive new adjunction inequalities for embedded surfaces with non-negative self-intersection number in four-manifolds. These formulas are proved by using relations between Seiberg-Witten invariants which are induced from embedded surfaces. To prove these relations, we develop the relevant parts of a Floer theory for four-manifolds which bound circle-bundles over Riemann surfaces.