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The purpose of this chapter is introduce and study Donaldson’s polynomial invariants defined in [36]. Let M be a closed, oriented, simply connected 4-manifold. Suppose that b +2 (M) > 1. Fix an orientation β of H 2+ (M;ℝ).
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Friedman, R., Morgan, J.W. (1994). Definition of the Polynomial Invariants. In: Smooth Four-Manifolds and Complex Surfaces. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03028-8_4
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