Homotopy types of gauge groups of PU(p)-bundles over spheres

DOI10.1007/S40062-020-00274-0MaRDI QIDQ2023786zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Simon Rea

Publication date 3 May 2021

Published in Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.04925

zbMATH Keywords

gauge groupshomotopy equivalencehomotopy typesSamelson products

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Function spaces in general topology (54C35) Homotopy equivalences in algebraic topology (55P10) Classification of homotopy type (55P15) Loop spaces (55P35) Whitehead products and generalizations (55Q15)

Abstract: We examine the relation between the gauge groups of $mathrmSU(n)$- and $mathrmPU(n)$-bundles over $S^{2i}$, with $2leqileqn$, particularly when $n$ is a prime. As special cases, for $mathrmPU(5)$-bundles over $S^4$, we show that there is a rational or $p$-local equivalence $mathcal{G}_{2,k}sime{q}_{(p)}mathcal{G}_{2,l}$ for any prime $p$ if, and only if, $(120,k)=(120,l)$, while for $mathrmPU(3)$-bundles over $S^6$ there is an integral equivalence $mathcal{G}_{3,k}simeqmathcal{G}_{3,l}$ if, and only if, $(120,k)=(120,l)$.

Review text

Let us assume that \(G=\mathrm{SU}(n)\) or \(G=\mathrm{PU}(n)\). Note that an isomorphism class of a principal \(G\)-bundle \(P\) over \(S^{2i}\) is classified by its characteristic element in \(\pi_{2i-1}(G)\cong \mathbb{Z}\). We denote by \(P_k\) the principal \(G\) bundle over \(S^{2i}\) with characteristic element \(k\in \mathbb{Z}\), and let \(\mathcal{G}_{i,k}(G)\) denote the gauge group of the principal \(G\)-bundle \(P_k.\) In this paper, the author investigates the relation between the gauge groups \(\mathcal{G}_{i,k}(\mathrm{SU}(n))\) and \(\mathcal{G}_{i,k}(\mathrm{PU}(n))\) when \(2\leq i\leq n\) and \(n\) is a prime. In particular, he proves that there is a \(p\)-local equivalence \(\mathcal{G}_{2,k}(\mathrm{PU}(5))\simeq_{(p)} \mathcal{G}_{2,l}(\mathrm{PU}(5))\) iff \((120,k)=(120,l)\) when \(p=0\) or \(p\) is any prime. Moreover, he also shows that there is a homotopy equivalence \(\mathcal{G}_{3,k}(\mathrm{PU}(3))\simeq \mathcal{G}_{3,l}(\mathrm{PU}(3))\) iff \((120,k)=(120,l)\). The proof is based on the analysis of the Samelson products. Indeed, when \(p\) is a prime and \(2\leq i\leq p\), let \(\epsilon_i\) and \(\delta_i\) denote generators of \(\pi_{2i-1}(\mathrm{PU}(p))\) and \(\pi_{2i-1}(\mathrm{SU}(p))\). Then he shows that the orders of the Samelson products \(\langle \epsilon_i,1\rangle :S^{2i-1}\wedge \mathrm{PU}(p)\to \mathrm{PU}(p)\) and \(\langle \delta_i,1\rangle :S^{2i-1}\wedge \mathrm{SU}(p)\to \mathrm{SU}(p)\) coincide. By using this result with a careful analysis of several Samelson products, the author obtains the desired results.

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