An open four-manifold having no instanton
Differential Geometry
2010-04-21 v1
Abstract
Taubes proved that all compact oriented four-manifolds admit non-flat instantons. We show that there exists a non-compact oriented four-manifold having no non-flat instanton.
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@article{arxiv.1004.3394,
title = {An open four-manifold having no instanton},
author = {Masaki Tsukamoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3394},
year = {2010}
}
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38 pages