Min-max theory for the Yang-Mills-Higgs equations

DOI10.1007/BF01221215zbMath0585.58016MaRDI QIDQ1070604

Clifford Henry Taubes

Publication date: 1985

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

zbMATH Keywords

monopolesGauge theoryYang-Mills equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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