Exact Results on $${\mathcal N}=2$$ Supersymmetric Gauge Theories

The following is meant to give an overview over our special volume. The first three Sects. 1–3 are intended to give a general overview over the physical motivations behind this direction of research, and some of the developments that initiated this project.

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