Periodic Instantons and the Loop Group
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We construct a large class of periodic instantons. Conjecturally we produce all periodic instantons. This connrms a conjecture of Garland and Murray that relates periodic instantons to orbits of the loop group acting on an extension of its Lie algebra.
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We construct a large class of periodic instantons. Conjecturally we produce all periodic instantons. This confirms a conjecture of Garland and Murray that relates periodic instantons to orbits of the loop group acting on an extension of its Lie algebra. AMS classification: 81T13, 53C07, 55P10
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