PU(2) monopoles. I: Regularity, uhlenbeck compactness, and transversality

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-410

  Feehan, Paul M N ^a   Leness, Thomas G ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009202284     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214461020     Document Type: Article

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