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A theory of characteristic currents associated with a singular connection

Author(s): Reese Harvey; H. Blaine Lawson Jr.
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 54-63.
MSC (1991): Primary 53C07, 49Q15; Secondary 58H99, 57R20
MathSciNet review: 1254076
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00497-5
PII: S 0273-0979(1994)00497-5