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Twistor geometry and gauge fields. (English. Russian original) Zbl 1451.53062

Trans. Mosc. Math. Soc. 2018, 135-175 (2018); translation from Tr. Mosk. Mat. O.-va 79, No. 2, 155-207 (2018).
Summary: The main topic of this survey article is an exposition of basics of the theory of twistors and of applications of this theory to solving equations of gauge field theory, such as, e.g., Yang-Mills equations, monopole equations, etc.

MSC:

53C28 Twistor methods in differential geometry
53-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry
70S15 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems
81T13 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
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