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The Seiberg-Witten equations and 4-manifold topology
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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
  • Received by editor(s): May 15, 1995
  • © Copyright 1996 American Mathematical Society
  • 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