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Instantons in two and four dimensions

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It is shown that Yang-Mills instantons in four dimensions can naturally be identified with the instantons of a two-dimensional theory with values in the loop group.

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Atiyah, M.F. Instantons in two and four dimensions. Commun.Math. Phys. 93, 437–451 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212288

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