Instanton / anti-self-dual connections

Layer 1 — Physicsin the differential-geometry-physics subtree

Belavin-Polyakov-Schwartz-Tyupkin 1975 ASD instanton: F = -*F minimizes Yang-Mills action; Atiyah-Singer index theorem links instantons to topological charge n=Tr(F wedge F).

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