Nilpotency in instanton homology, and the framed instanton homology of a surface times a circle

In the description of the instanton Floer homology of a surface times a circle due to Muñoz, we compute the nilpotency degree of the endomorphism u2−64. We then compute the framed instanton homology of a surface times a circle with non-trivial bundle, which is closely related to the kernel of u2−64. We discuss these results in the context of the moduli space of stable rank two holomorphic bundles with fixed odd determinant over a Riemann surface.