Irreducible 4-Manifolds Need not be Complex

Spectral asymmetry and Riemannian Geometry. I

Michael Atiyah, V. K. Patodi, I. M. Singer · Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1975 · 2.1K citations

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Self-duality in four-dimensional Riemannian geometry

Michael Atiyah, Nigel Hitchin, I. M. Singer · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1978 · 1.5K citations

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The topology of four-dimensional manifolds

Michael Freedman · Journal of Differential Geometry · 1982 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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The Index of Elliptic Operators: III

Michael Atiyah, I. M. Singer · Annals of Mathematics · 1968 · 1.3K citations

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Polynomial invariants for smooth four-manifolds

Simon Donaldson · Topology · 1990 · 618 citations

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