Monopoles and contact structures

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-255

  Kronheimer, P B ^a   Mrowka, T S ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031502381     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050183     Document Type: Article

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