PU(2) monopoles and links of top-level Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn 538, Issue , 2001, Pages 57-133

  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: 0035617933     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.2001.069     Document Type: Article

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