A Very Long Lecture on the Physical Approach to Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten Invariants of Four-Manifolds
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These are lecture notes for a lecture at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics School on Mathematical Applications of Supersymmetric Yang Mills Theory, March 8, 2012
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Lectures On The Physical Approach To Donaldson And Seiberg-Witten Invariants Of Four-Manifolds
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تاریخ انتشار 2012