PU(2) monopoles. II: Top-level Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces and Witten's conjecture in low degrees

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn 538, Issue , 2001, Pages 135-212

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035594752     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.2001.064     Document Type: Article

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