Moduli of flat SU(3)-bundles over a Klein bottle (Q2275739)

Let \(M\) be a smooth, compact nonorientable 2-manifold. For any Lie group \(G\), consider the set of group homomorphisms \(Hom(\pi_1(M), G)\) topologized with the compact-open topology. The group \(G\) acts continuously on \(Hom(\pi_1(M), G)\) by conjugation. The quotient stack \([Hom(\pi_1(M), G)/G]\) is well known to be isomorphic to the topological stack of flat \(G\)-bundles over \(M\). In previous work, the author has computed the cohomology with rational coefficients of \([Hom(\pi_1(M), G)/G]\) in case \(G=SU(2)\). In the present paper, he computes the Betti numbers of \([Hom(\pi_1(M), G)/G]\) when \(M\) is the Klein Bottle \(Kl\) and \(G=SU(2)\). He also handles the general compact group case over the real projective plane \({\mathbb R}P^2\). The results obtained verify conjectural formulas obtained by \textit{N. K. Ho} and \textit{C. C. M.Liu} in [Commun. Anal. Geom. 16, No. 3, 617--679 (2008; Zbl 1157.58003)] using Yang-Mills Morse theory.