{
  "id": "0707.4134",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2007-07-27T15:17:14.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-07-27T15:17:14.000Z",
  "title": "Splicing and the SL(2,C) Casson invariant",
  "authors": [
    "Hans U. Boden",
    "Cynthia L. Curtis"
  ],
  "comment": "9 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Proc. of the A.M.S",
  "journal": "Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008) 2615-2623",
  "categories": [
    "math.GT"
  ],
  "abstract": "We establish a formula for the SL(2,C) Casson invariant of spliced sums of homology spheres along knots. Along the way, we show that the SL(2,C) Casson invariant vanishes for spliced sums along knots in the 3-sphere.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2007-07-27T15:17:14.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "57M27",
      "57M25",
      "57M05"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "spliced sums",
      "casson invariant vanishes",
      "homology spheres"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "AMS",
      "journal": "Proc. Amer. Math. Soc."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 9,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2007arXiv0707.4134B"
    }
  }
}