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Lattice Gauge Fields and Topology

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Lattice Gauge Theory ’86

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Our purpose in this report is to give an informal introduction to our work on the topology of lattice gauge fields and the computation of topological charge [1] and to present some examples which have not been published, notably some naturally occurring examples of LGF’s on the complex projective space CP2.

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  1. Mathematics Dept., SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA

    Anthony Phillips

  2. Mathematics Dept., Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA

    David Stone

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  1. Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Helmut Satz

  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA

    Helmut Satz , Isabel Harrity  & Jean Potvin ,  & 

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Phillips, A., Stone, D. (1987). Lattice Gauge Fields and Topology. In: Satz, H., Harrity, I., Potvin, J. (eds) Lattice Gauge Theory ’86. NATO ASI Series, vol 159. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1909-2_31

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