Instantons in two and four dimensions

DOI10.1007/BF01212288zbMath0564.58040MaRDI QIDQ1058220

Michael F. Atiyah

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

instantonsYang-Mills theoryYang-Mills instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90)

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