A generalization of King's equation via noncommutative geometry

DOI10.4171/IRMA/33-1/23MaRDI QIDQ2055094zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gourab Bhattacharya, Maxim Kontsevich

Publication date 3 December 2021

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.03171

zbMATH Keywords

King's equationnoncommutative geometryself-dual Yang-Mills equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncommutative geometry (à la Connes) (58B34)

Abstract: We introduce a framework in noncommutative geometry consisting of a $\ast$-algebra $mathcalA$, a bimodule $Omeg{a}^1$ endowed with a derivation $mathcalAoOmeg{a}^1$ and with a Hermitian structure $$ (a "noncommutative K"ahler form"), and a cyclic 1-cochain $mathcalAomathbbC$ whose coboundary is determined by the previous structures. These data give moment map equations on the space of connections on an arbitrary finitely-generated projective $mathcalA$-module. As particular cases, we obtain a large class of equations in algebra (King's equations for representations of quivers, including ADHM equations), in classical gauge theory (Hermitian Yang-Mills equations, Hitchin equations, Bogomolny and Nahm equations, etc.), as well as in noncommutative gauge theory by Connes, Douglas and Schwarz. We also discuss Nekrasov's beautiful proposal for re-interpreting noncommutative instantons on $mathbb{C}^{n}simeqmathbb{R}^{2n}$ as infinite-dimensional solutions of King's equation ${\displaystyle }$sum_{i=1}^n [T_i^dagger, T_i]=hbarcdot ncdotmathrm{Id}_{mathcal H}${\displaystyle }$ where $mathcalH$ is a Hilbert space completion of a finitely-generated $mathbbC[T_1,dots,T_n]$-module (e.g. an ideal of finite codimension).

Review text

In this nice paper, the authors give some applications of NCG to self-dual Yang-Mills equations and King's equation. There is a remarkable similarity between self-dual Yang-Mills equations and equations introduced by King for representations of quivers. The underlying reason is that both equations are obtained from appropriate moment maps. The authors introduce in this paper a common generalization based on noncommutative geometry. In this setup the moment map equation is governed by a cyclic 1-cochain. Examples of a generalized King's equation include ADHM equations, noncommutative instantons, vortex equations (in particular Hitchin and Vafa-Witten equations), as well as Bogomolny and Nahm equations for the gauge group \(U(k)\). Furthermore, the authors discuss Nekrasov's suggestion to reinterpret noncommutative instantons as infinite-dimensional versions of King's equation, also related to Quantum minimal. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1466.57001].

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