An open 4-manifold having no instanton
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Publication:717136
DOI10.1007/S10455-011-9256-2zbMATH Open1257.53043arXiv1004.3394OpenAlexW1966269113MaRDI QIDQ717136FDOQ717136
Publication date: 27 September 2011
Published in: Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Taubes proved that all compact oriented four-manifolds admit non-flat instantons. We show that there exists a non-compact oriented four-manifold having no non-flat instanton.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.3394
Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65) Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals (58E15)
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