Multiple instantons representing higher-order Chern-Pontryagin classes

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 737-751

  Spruck, Joel ^a   Tchrakian, D H ^b,d   Yang, Yisong ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST PATRICK S COLLEGE   (Ireland)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

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EID: 0031256162     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050186     Document Type: Article

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