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We present all charge one monopole solutions of the Bogomolny equation with k prescribed Dirac singularities for the gauge groups U(2), SO(3), or SU(2). We analyze these solutions comparing them to the previously known expressions for the cases of one or two singularities.
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On leave from School of Mathematics and Hamilton Mathematics Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. (Sergey A. Cherkis)
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Blair, C.D.A., Cherkis, S.A. One monopole with k singularities. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 127 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2010)127
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