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Bourguignon, J.P. (1987). Yang-Mills theory: The differential geometric side. In: Hansen, V.L. (eds) Differential Geometry. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1263. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078609

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