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On the rigidity theorems of Witten

Author(s): Raoul Bott; Clifford Taubes
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1989), 137-186.
MSC: Primary 58G10; Secondary 57R91
MathSciNet review: 954493
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DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-1989-0954493-5
PII: S0894-0347-1989-0954493-5
Copyright of article: Copyright 1989, American Mathematical Society




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