Topology of weak G-bundles via Coulomb gauges in critical dimensions

arXiv1909.07308MaRDI QIDQ6325403FDOQ6325403

Swarnendu Sil

Publication date: 16 September 2019

Abstract: The transition maps for a Sobolev $G$-bundle are not continuous in the critical dimension and thus the usual notion of topology does not make sense. In this work, we show that if such a bundle $P$ is equipped with a Sobolev connection $A$, then one can associate a topological isomorphism class to the pair $left(P,Aight),$ which is invariant under Sobolev gauge changes and coincides with the usual notions for regular bundles and connections. This is based on a regularity result which says any bundle in the critical dimension in which a Sobolev connection is in Coulomb gauges are actually $C^{0,alpha}$ for any $alpha<1.$ We also show any such pair can be strongly approximated by smooth connections on smooth bundles. Finally, we prove that for sequences $(P^u,A^u)$ with uniformly bounded $n/2$-Yang-Mills energy, the topology stabilizes if the $n/2$ norm of the curvatures are equiintegrable. This implies a criterion to detect topological flatness in Sobolev bundles in critical dimensions via $n/2$-Yang-Mills energy.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals (58E15)

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