The Seiberg-Witten equations on a surface times a circle

Abstract

In this thesis I study the Seiberg-Witten equations on the product of a genus g surface [Sigma] and a circle. I exploit S1 invariance to reduce to the vortex equations on [Sigma] and thus completely describe the Seiberg-Witten monopoles. In the case where the monopoles are not Morse-Bott regular, I explicitly perturb the equations to obtain such a situation and thus find a candidate for the chain complex that calculates the Seiberg-Witten Floer homology groups.