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In this paper, we establish an inequality of Simons type for Yang–Mills fields, and obtain a gap property, which generalize the results obtained in Bourguignon and Lawson (Comm Math Phys 79(2):189–230, 1981).
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Research supported by National Science Foundation of China No. 10871149.
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Zhou, ZR. Inequalities of Simons type and gaps for Yang–Mills fields. Ann Glob Anal Geom 48, 223–232 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10455-015-9467-z
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