Adiabatic limit in Ginzburg-Landau and Seiberg-Witten equations (Q2193722): Difference between revisions

The author reviews results on adiabatic theorems for Ginzburg-Landau and Seiber-Witten equations, which have originally appeared in [\textit{A. G. Sergeev}, Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 289, 227--285 (2015; Zbl 1351.35203); translation from Tr. Mat. Inst. Steklova 289, 242--303 (2015)] and [\textit{C. H. Taubes}, J. Am. Math. Soc. 9, No. 3, 845--918 (1996; Zbl 0867.53025)], respectively. The adiabatic principle appearing in [Sergeev, loc. cit.] has been proved rigorously in [\textit{R. V. Pal'velev}, Trans. Mosc. Math. Soc. 2011, 219-244 (2011; Zbl 1246.82125); translation from Tr. Mosk. Mat. O.-va 2011, No. 1, 26 p. (2011)] (see also [\textit{R. V. Palvelev} and \textit{A. G. Sergeev}, Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 277, 191--205 (2012; Zbl 1311.35304); translation from Tr. Mat. Inst. Steklova 277, 199--214 (2012)]). The exposition is very clearly written and well-suited to get a good first understanding of the results in the reviewed articles. Topics covered in the chapter on the Ginzburg-Landau equations are vortex solutions of the time-independent Ginzburg-Landau equations, the Taubes theorem characterizing equivalence classes of such solutions when taking a quotient w.r.t. gauge transformations, the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations including an adiabatic theorem for them. The adiabatic theorem states that the relevant adiabatic trajectories are the geodesics of a Riemannian metric induced by the kinetic energy functional related to the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. In the chapter on the Seiberg-Witten equations, the author briefly discusses the geometric structures that are necessary to introduce the Seiberg-Witten equations on four-dimensional symplectic manifolds. Afterwards, an appropriate adiabatic limit is introduced and a Taubes theorem is discussed.