# BPS Monopoles

@inproceedings{Sutcliffe1997BPSM,
title={BPS Monopoles},
author={Paul Sutcliffe},
year={1997}
}
We review classical BPS monopoles, their moduli spaces, twistor descriptions and dy- namics. Particular emphasis is placed upon symmetric monopoles, where recent progress has been made. Some remarks on the role of monopoles in S-duality and Seiberg-Witten theory are also made.
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