A generalization of the notion of instanton

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Carrión, Ramón Reyes ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Connection; G structure; Holonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031993094     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-2245(97)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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