Download this article
 Download this article For screen
For printing
Recent Issues

Volume 29
Issue 4, 1693–2250
Issue 3, 1115–1691
Issue 2, 549–1114
Issue 1, 1–548

Volume 28, 9 issues

Volume 27, 9 issues

Volume 26, 8 issues

Volume 25, 7 issues

Volume 24, 7 issues

Volume 23, 7 issues

Volume 22, 7 issues

Volume 21, 6 issues

Volume 20, 6 issues

Volume 19, 6 issues

Volume 18, 5 issues

Volume 17, 5 issues

Volume 16, 4 issues

Volume 15, 4 issues

Volume 14, 5 issues

Volume 13, 5 issues

Volume 12, 5 issues

Volume 11, 4 issues

Volume 10, 4 issues

Volume 9, 4 issues

Volume 8, 3 issues

Volume 7, 2 issues

Volume 6, 2 issues

Volume 5, 2 issues

Volume 4, 1 issue

Volume 3, 1 issue

Volume 2, 1 issue

Volume 1, 1 issue

The Journal
About the Journal
Editorial Board
Editorial Procedure
Subscriptions
 
Submission Guidelines
Submission Page
Policies for Authors
Ethics Statement
 
ISSN 1364-0380 (online)
ISSN 1465-3060 (print)
Author Index
To Appear
 
Other MSP Journals
Relations in singular instanton homology

Peter B Kronheimer and Tomasz S Mrowka

Geometry & Topology 29 (2025) 1975–2046
Abstract

We calculate the singular instanton homology with local coefficients for the simplest n-strand braids in S1 × S2 for all odd n, describing these homology groups and their module structures in terms of the coordinate rings of explicit algebraic curves. The calculation is expected to be equivalent to computing the quantum cohomology ring of a certain Fano variety, namely a moduli space of stable parabolic bundles on a sphere with n marked points.

Keywords
instanton, Floer homology, parabolic bundle, quantum cohomology, orbifold, representation variety
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 57R58
Secondary: 14H60
References
Publication
Received: 29 November 2022
Revised: 2 November 2023
Accepted: 17 December 2023
Published: 27 June 2025
Proposed: Simon Donaldson
Seconded: Martin R Bridson, Ian Agol
Authors
Peter B Kronheimer
Department of Mathematics
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
United States
Tomasz S Mrowka
Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
United States

Open Access made possible by participating institutions via Subscribe to Open.