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The Seiberg-Witten equations and 4-manifold topology


Author: S. K. Donaldson
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 (1996), 45-70
MSC (1991): Primary 58-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-96-00625-8
MathSciNet review: 1339810
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S. K. Donaldson
Affiliation: The Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, 24-29 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB, England
Email: donaldson@vax.ox.ac.uk

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-96-00625-8
Received by editor(s): May 15, 1995
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