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For the gauge fields with values in arbitrary semisimple Lie algebra\(\mathfrak{G}\) we introduce the ansatzes which reduce the self-duality equations in the Euclidean spaceR 4,0 to the well-known Nahm equations.
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Ivanova, T.A., Popov, A.D. Self-dual Yang-Mills fields and Nahm's equations. Lett Math Phys 23, 29–34 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811291
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