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# CanonicalMapfrom2-PlaneFieldstoZ/2Z$\pi_0${planefields}$\to\mathbb{Z}_2$

On a 3-manifold $Y$, oriented 2-plane fields $\xi$ are oriented rank-2 subbundles of $TY$. Denote the set of such (up to homotopy) by $\Theta=\pi_0\lbrace\xi\rbrace$. What is an explicit canonical map $\Theta\to\mathbb{Z}_2$ ?

In particular, I want to see the canonical mod-2 grading on Seiberg-Witten-Floer Homology, but the classical text of Kronheimer-Mrowka doesn't mention it in terms of 2-plane fields. They construct an isomorphism of $\Theta$ with some abstract set $\mathbb{J}$ based upon "configuration points" $[a]$, and then a canonical map $\mathbb{J}\to\mathbb{Z}_2$ by assigning to $[a]$ an operator and taking its index mod-2. These two maps are tough enough on their own, so I cannot see what it looks like on 2-plane fields... Plus, there should be some purely topological partition of $\Theta$ into two subsets.

Otherwise, perhaps it can be done knowing that oriented 2-plane fields are equivalent to 1-forms of length 1, and are also equivalent to pairs $(\mathfrak{s},\phi)$ where $\mathbb{s}$ is a spin-c structure and $\phi$ is a unit-length spinor. This should then be related to taking a 4-manifold $X$ such that $\partial X=Y$ and with a spin-c structure $\mathfrak{s}_X$ which extends $\mathfrak{s}$.