Belavin-Polyakov-Schwarz-Tyupkin 1975: anti-self-dual SU(2) connection on ℝ⁴ with topological charge k. ADHM construction parametrises moduli space. Donaldson 1983: instanton moduli yield 4-manifold invariants. Foundation of…
Belavin-Polyakov-Schwarz-Tyupkin 1975: anti-self-dual SU(2) connection on ℝ⁴ with topological charge k. ADHM construction parametrises moduli space. Donaldson 1983: instanton moduli yield 4-manifold invariants. Foundation of…