The Atiyah-Jones conjecture
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- by C. P. Boyer, J. C. Hurtubise, B. M. Mann and R. J. Milgram PDF
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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 $SU(2)$-instantons over ${S^4}$. Full details and proofs appear in our paper [BHMM1].References
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- © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1992), 317-321
- MSC (2000): Primary 55P35; Secondary 14D20, 32G13, 58D27
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1992-00286-0
- MathSciNet review: 1130447