SW ⇒ Gr: From the Seiberg-Witten equations to pseudo-holomorphic curves

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 845-918

  Taubes, Clifford H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040519299     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0894-0347-96-00211-1     Document Type: Article

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