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We show that a field satisfying the Yang-Mills equations in dimension 4 with a point singularity is gauge equivalent to a smooth field if the functional is finite. We obtain the result that every Yang-Mills field overR 4 with bounded functional (L 2 norm) may be obtained from a field onS 4=R 4∪{∞}. Hodge (or Coulomb) gauges are constructed for general small fields in arbitrary dimensions including 4.
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Uhlenbeck, K.K. Removable singularities in Yang-Mills fields. Commun.Math. Phys. 83, 11–29 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947068
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