Instantons on cylindrical manifolds and stable bundles (Q1428373)

This is a modified version of the PhD thesis prepared by the author at the Columbia University. He proves the theorem conjectured by \textit{S. K. Donaldson} [\textit{N. J. Hitchin} (ed.), Lond. Math. Soc. Lect. Note Ser. 208, 119--138 (1995; Zbl 0829.57011)] which states that for a given smooth complex curve \(\Sigma\) the space \({\mathcal M}/{\mathcal I}\), where \({\mathcal M}\), is the moduli space of finite energy \(U(2)\)-instantons over \(\Sigma\times S^1\times \mathbb R\) is naturally homeomorphic to \(\mathcal Z\), where \(\mathcal Z\) is the space of isomorphism classes of rank 2 holomorphic bundles over \(S=\Sigma\times\mathbb{C} P^1\).