What do topologists want from Seiberg-Witten theory?

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 17, Issue 30, 2002, Pages 4463-4514

  Iga, Kevin ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donaldson theory; Four dimensional manifolds; Instantons; Seiberg Witten; Topology

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0037058859     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X0201217X     Document Type: Review

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