Smoothing maps into algebraic sets and spaces of flat connections

DOI10.1007/S10711-014-0022-ZzbMATH Open1342.14115arXiv1206.3341OpenAlexW2074396854MaRDI QIDQ2256270FDOQ2256270

Authors: Thomas Baird, Daniel Ramras 

Publication date: 19 February 2015

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let X be a real algebraic subset of R^n and M a smooth, closed manifold. We show that all continuous maps from M to X are homotopic (in X) to C^infty maps. We apply this result to study characteristic classes of vector bundles associated to continuous families of complex group representations, and we establish lower bounds on the ranks of the homotopy groups of spaces of flat connections over aspherical manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.3341

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zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Weil theoryflat connectionChern classreal algebraic setmaps between classifying spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Real algebraic sets (14P05) Connections (general theory) (53C05) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Maps between classifying spaces in algebraic topology (55R37)

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