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Noncommutative Spheres and Instantons

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Quantum Field Theory and Noncommutative Geometry

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We report on some recent work on deformation of spaces, notably deformation of spheres, describing two classes of examples.

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Landi, G. Noncommutative Spheres and Instantons. In: Carow-Watamura, U., Maeda, Y., Watamura, S. (eds) Quantum Field Theory and Noncommutative Geometry. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 662. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11342786_1

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