Lie group structures on groups of smooth and holomorphic maps on non-compact manifolds (Q930524)

The authors study Lie group structures on groups of the form \(C^{\infty}(M,K)\), where \(M\) is a non-compact smooth manifold and \(K\) is a possibly infinite-dimensional Lie group. The main results of the paper are the following: Theorem A. Let \(K\) be a connected regular real Lie group and \(M\) a real finite-dimensional connected manifold. Then the group \(C^{\infty}(M,K)\) carries a Lie group structure compatible with evaluations in the following cases: (1) The universal covering of \(K\) is diffeomorphic to a locally convex space. If, in addition, \(\pi_1(M)\) is finitely generated, then the Lie group structure is compatible with the smooth compact open topology. (2) \(M\) has dimension one. (3) \(M\equiv \mathbb{R}^k\times C\), where \(C\) is compact. Theorem B. Let \(K\) be a regular complex Lie group and \(M\) a finite-dimensional connected complex manifold without boundary. Then the group of all holomorphic maps on \(M\) with values in \(K\) carries a Lie group structure with Lie algebra compatible with evaluations in the following cases: (1) The universal covering of \(K\) is diffeomorphic to a locally convex space. If, in addition, \(\pi_1(M)\) is finitely generated, then the Lie group structure is compatible with the compact open topology. (2) \(M\) has complex dimension one, \(\pi_1(M)\) is finitely generated, and \(K\) is a Banach-Lie group.