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Chern-Simons invariants, SO(3) instantons, and Z/2-homology cobordism Matthew Hedden and Paul Kirk Abstract. We review the SO(3) instanton gauge theory of Fintushel and Stern and recast it in the context of 4-manifolds with cylindrical ends. Appli- cations to the Z/2 homology cobordism group of Z/2 homology 3-spheres are given. Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Adapted bundles and instantons 3 2.1. Adapted bundles 3 2.2. The Pontryagin charge, instantons, and Chern-Simons invariants 4 2.3. The moduli space 5 2.4. Calculation of the index 6 2.5. Compactness 8 2.6. Reducible connections. 11 2.7. Enumeration of reducible instantons 15 2.8. The argument of Furuta 17 2.9. Computing Atiyah-Patodi-Singer ρ invariants and Chern-Simons invariants of ?at SO(2) connections on rational homology spheres 18 3. Seifert ?bered examples 20 4. Example: non Seifert ?bered homology 3-spheres 29 References 31 1. Introduction Among the many results of instanton gauge theory, one, due to Furuta, stands out because no alternative proof has been found despite enormous progress in gauge theory made through the Seiberg-Witten and Ozsv′ath-Szab′o theories. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classi?cation. Primary 57M