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Instantons and geometric invariant theory

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We show that the Yang-Mills instantons can be described in terms of certain holomorphic bundles on the projective plane. The proof uses explicit matrix descriptions arising from monads and an analysis of the corresponding groups of symmetries.

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  1. All Souls College, Oxford, United Kingdom

    S. K. Donaldson

  2. The Institute for Advanced Study, 08540, Princeton, NJ, USA

    S. K. Donaldson

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Communicated by A. Jaffe

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Donaldson, S.K. Instantons and geometric invariant theory. Commun.Math. Phys. 93, 453–460 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212289

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