Geometry in Oxford c. 1980--85 (Q1585471)

In the first part of this essay the author recalls his stay at Oxford as a research student of Sir Michael Atiyah and briefly explains the research interests of the geometry group in Oxford in the early eighties. In the second part of the essay the following proposition is stated: Conjecture. (1) The bundle \(E\) is stable if and only if the maps \(f_{E,k}: \Sigma\to Gr_r({\mathbb{C}}^n)\) are \(b\)-stable for large \(k.\) (2) If the maps \(f_{E,k}\) are \(b\)-stable, the connections \(A_k\) converge to the Narasimhan-Seshadri connection as \(k\to\infty.\)