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On a problem of Seiberg and Witten

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1109, U.S.A

Abstract

We describe alternate methods of solution for a model arising in the work of Seiberg and Witten on N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and provide a complete argument for the characterization put forth by Argyres, Faraggi, and Shapere of the curve ImaDa=0.

Keywords

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supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, flat vector bundles, Wrońskian, Schwarzian

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Annales Polonici Mathematici
1998/70/1
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Pages:
25-34
Main language of publication
English
Received
1998-01-08
Accepted
1998-05-11
Published
1998
Exact and natural sciences