Real, complex and quaternionic equivariant vector fields on spheres
Sphere bundles and vector bundles in algebraic topology (55R25) Stable classes of vector space bundles in algebraic topology and relations to (K)-theory (55R50) Equivariant fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R91) Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25) Equivariant algebraic topology of manifolds (57R91) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)
Let \(G\) be a compact Lie group and let \(M\) be a finite dimensional \(F\)-representation space of \(G\) and \(S(M)\) be the unit sphere in \(M\), where \(F=\mathbb R\), \(\mathbb C\) or \(\mathbb H\). Denote by \(\rho_G^F(M)\) the maximal number of linearly independent \(G\)-equivariant \(F\)-vector fields on \(S(M)\). In this paper, the author considers the vector field problem of determining the number \(\rho_G^F(M)\). It is shown that this problem can be reduced to a question about the equivariant \(J\)-groups of projective spaces. Let \(FP^{k-1}\) be the \(F\)-projective \((k-1)\)-space and \(\xi_{k-1}\) be the Hopf \(F\)-line bundle over \(FP^{k-1}\). For simplicity set \({\mathbf{M}}=M\times FP^{k-1}\) and view this and \(\mathbf{M}\otimes_F\xi_{k-1}\) as real \(G\)-vector bundles over \(FP^{k-1}\). Moreover let \(JO_G(FP^{k-1})\) denote the equivariant \(JO_G\)-theory of \(FP^{k-1}\). Then the main result of this paper proves the following. Theorem 1: If \(\rho_G^F(M) \geq k-1\) then \(\mathbf{M}\otimes_F\xi_{k-1}-\mathbf{M}\) vanishes in \(JO_G(FP^{k-1})\). The converse is true if \(M\) satisfies the condition that \(\dim_FM^H \leq 2k-2+[2/\dim_{\mathbb R F}]\) for each \(H \leq G\) with \(M^H \neq 0\). This generalizes the theorems of \textit{U. Namboodiri} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 278, No. 2, 431--460 (1983; Zbl 0518.57013)] on equivariant real vector fields, and \textit{T. Önder} [Topology Appl. 109, No. 2, 107--125 (2001; Zbl 0976.57032)] on equivariant complex vector fields.
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