On gauge groups over high dimensional manifolds and self-equivalences of H-spaces

Publication date 28 April 2019

Function spaces in general topology (54C35) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10) Sphere bundles and vector bundles in algebraic topology (55R25) Homotopy equivalences in algebraic topology (55P10) (H)-spaces and duals (55P45)

Abstract: Let

Y

be a pointed space and let

m a t h c a l E (Y^{r})

be the group of based self-equivalences of

Y^{r}

,

r g e q 2

. For

Y

a homotopy commutative

H

-group we construct a subgroup

m a t h c a l E_{m a t h r m M a t} (Y^{r})

of

m a t h c a l E (Y^{r})

which has a group structure isomorphic to either

G L_{r} (m a t h b b Z)

, or

G L_{r} (m a t h b b Z_{d})

,

d g e q 2

. We classify principal bundles over connected sums of

q

-sphere bundles over

n

-spheres and use the group

m a t h c a l E_{m a t h r m M a t} (Y^{r})

to obtain homotopy decompositions of their gauge groups. Using these decompositions we give an integral classification, up to homotopy, of the gauge groups of principal

S U (2)

-bundles over certain 2-connected 7-manifolds with torsion-free homology.

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