Algebraic vector bundles on \(\mathrm{SL}(3, \mathbb C)\) (Q2477982)

The authors study algebraic vector bundles on \(\mathrm{SL}(3,{\mathbb C})\). By a theorem of \textit{A. Grothendieck} [Sem. Geom. algebrique Bois Marie 1966/67, SGA 6, Lect. Notes Math. 225, 20--77 (1971; Zbl 0229.14008)], vector bundles on \(\mathrm{SL}(n,{\mathbb C})\) are stably trivial. Murthy [see the article by \textit{R.~G.~Swan}, Ann. Math. Stud. 113, 432--522 (1987; Zbl 0708.55014)] showed that when \(n=2\), vector bundles are actually trivial. In the same article, Swan showed that they are not trivial for \(n=4\). The authors show that for \(n=3\), these bundles are topologically trivial.