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The Atiyah-Jones conjecture

Author(s): C. P. Boyer; J. C. Hurtubise; B. M. Mann; R. J. Milgram
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1992), 317-321.
MSC (2000): Primary 55P35; Secondary 14D20, 32G13, 58D27
MathSciNet review: 1130447
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Abstract: The purpose of this note is to announce our proof of the Atiyah-Jones conjecture concerning the topology of the moduli spaces of based -instantons over ${S^4}$ . Full details and proofs appear in our paper [BHMM1].

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