On the moduli spaces of commuting elements in the projective unitary groups
Speaker:
Alejandro Adem, University of British Columbia
Date and Time:
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 2:00pm to 2:50pm
Location:
Online
Abstract:
We provide descriptions for the moduli spaces Rep(Γ,PU(m)), where Γ is any finitely generated Abelian group and PU(m) is the group of m×m projective unitary matrices. As an application, we show that for any connected CW-complex X with π1(X)≅Zn, the natural map π0(Rep(π1(X),PU(m)))→[X,BPU(m)] is injective, hence providing a complete enumeration of the isomorphism classes of flat principal PU(m)-bundles over X. This is joint work with Man Chuen Cheng.