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Let M {\displaystyle M} be a differential manifold and E {\displaystyle E} a vector bundle over M {\displaystyle M} . A connection ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } on E {\displaystyle E} is termed a self-dual connection or instanton if its Riemann curvature tensor is an eigenvector of the Hodge operator with eigenvalue 1.
