The Samelson product and rational homotopy for gauge groups

DOI10.1007/BF03173500zbMath1152.57036arXivmath/0511404MaRDI QIDQ2479817

Christoph Wockel

Publication date: 3 April 2008

Published in: Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511404

zbMATH Keywords

gauge group; evaluation map; principal bundle; Samelson product; Whitehead product

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

55P62: Rational homotopy theory

81R10: Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations

57S05: Topological properties of groups of homeomorphisms or diffeomorphisms

57T20: Homotopy groups of topological groups and homogeneous spaces

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Banach algebras, Samelson products, and the Wang differential, Higher spins from Nambu-Chern-Simons theory, Central extensions of groups of sections, Variations of rational higher tangential structures, Lie group structures on symmetry groups of principal bundles, Rational homotopy of gauge groups

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