A loop space formulation for geometric lifting problems

DOI10.1017/S1446788711001182MaRDI QIDQ3011602zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Konrad Waldorf

Publication date 29 June 2011

Published in Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.5373

zbMATH Keywords

loop spacetransgressionlifting problembundle gerbe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Loop spaces (55P35)

Abstract: We review and then combine two aspects of the theory of bundle gerbes. The first concerns lifting bundle gerbes and connections on those, developed by Murray and Gomi. Lifting gerbes represent obstructions against extending the structure group of a principal bundle. The second is the transgression of gerbes to loop spaces, initiated by Brylinski and McLaughlin and with recent contributions of the author. Combining these two aspects, we obtain a new formulation of lifting problems in terms of geometry on the loop space. Most prominently, our formulation explains the relation between (complex) spin structures on a Riemannian manifold and orientations of its loop space.

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