The Seiberg-Witten equations and 4-manifold topology

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-96-00625-8zbMath0872.57023OpenAlexW1988217512WikidataQ56618735 ScholiaQ56618735MaRDI QIDQ4890188

Simon K. Donaldson

Publication date: 15 October 1997

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0273-0979-96-00625-8

zbMATH Keywords

Seiberg-Witten invariantsgauge theory4-manifold theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

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