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The author first discusses the fundamental and specific properties of solutions to the gauge-theoretic equations gte and investigates the different moduli spaces of solutions to gauge-theoretic equations for harmonic maps. The author uses three points of view to provide the features of the gte, these are the variational principle, the moment maps in symplectic geometry and the geodesic equation through Riemannian submersion. Also the author discusses the deformation theory for solutions to the gate. Inspired by work of Hitchin the author obtains an interesting difference concerning the vanishing of the second cohomology group \(H^2_+\) and \(H^2_-\). The author also discusses an interesting difference between harmonic maps and the solutions which arise from harmonic maps, by dealing with simple examples of solutions on a torus. These examples show that the energy for solutions can vary continuously, while the energy for harmonic maps is locally constant. Finally, the author observes that the moduli space of solutions to the gauge-theoretic equations seems to be bigger than the moduli space of harmonic maps and hence, have rather different geometric structures. For related results see \textit{N. J. Hitchin} [J. Differ. Geom. 31, No. 3, 627-710 (1990; Zbl 0725.58010)], \textit{M. Mukai} and \textit{Y. Ohnita} [Proc. 3rd Pac. Rim Geom. conf. held in Seoul (1996)] and \textit{Y. Ohnita} and \textit{G. Valli} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. III. Ser. 61, No. 3, 546-570 (1990; Zbl 0705.58013)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0927.00036].