From superconductors and four-manifolds to weak interactions

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-391

  Witten, Edward ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Four manifolds; Superconductors; Weak interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849100744     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01167-6     Document Type: Article

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