The Maslov gerbe

DOI10.1007/S11005-004-0342-2MaRDI QIDQ703986zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alan Weinstein

Publication date 12 January 2005

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312274

zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian subspacesMaslov class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian submanifolds; Maslov index (53D12)

Abstract: Let Lag(E) be the grassmannian of lagrangian subspaces of a complex symplectic vector space E. We construct a Maslov class which generates the second integral cohomology of Lag(E), and we show that its mod 2 reduction is the characteristic class of a flat gerbe with structure group Z_2. We explain the relation of this gerbe to the well-known flat Maslov line bundle with structure group Z_4 over the real lagrangian grassmannian, whose characteristic class is the mod 4 reduction of the real Maslov class.

Review text

The author studies the Grassmannian of Lagrangian subspaces of a complex symplectic vector space, for which he constructs a Maslov class which generates the second integral cohomology. This class is called the complex Maslov class. The author also calculates the mod 2 reduction of the complex Maslov class in order to make a comparison with the real Maslov class.

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