The space of commuting elements in an exceptional Lie group and maps between classifying spaces

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Main Author: Takeda, Masahiro
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contents Let $π$ be a discrete group, and let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group. $\mathrm{Hom}(π,G)_0$ denotes the null-component of the space of homomorphisms from $π$ to $G$, and $\mathrm{map}_*(Bπ,BG)_0$ denotes the null-component of the space of maps from $Bπ$ to $BG$. Since the classifying space functor is continuous, there is a continuous map $Θ\colon\mathrm{Hom}(π,G)_0\to\mathrm{map}_*(Bπ,BG)_0$. Atiyah and Bott studied this map when $π$ is a surface group, and proved surjectivity in rational cohomology. In this paper, we obtain the condition that the map $Θ$ is surjective or not in rational cohomology when $π$ is $\mathbf{Z}^m$ for $m\geq 3$ and $G$ is a compact connected Lie group.
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spellingShingle The space of commuting elements in an exceptional Lie group and maps between classifying spaces
Takeda, Masahiro
Algebraic Topology
55R37, 57T10
Let $π$ be a discrete group, and let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group. $\mathrm{Hom}(π,G)_0$ denotes the null-component of the space of homomorphisms from $π$ to $G$, and $\mathrm{map}_*(Bπ,BG)_0$ denotes the null-component of the space of maps from $Bπ$ to $BG$. Since the classifying space functor is continuous, there is a continuous map $Θ\colon\mathrm{Hom}(π,G)_0\to\mathrm{map}_*(Bπ,BG)_0$. Atiyah and Bott studied this map when $π$ is a surface group, and proved surjectivity in rational cohomology. In this paper, we obtain the condition that the map $Θ$ is surjective or not in rational cohomology when $π$ is $\mathbf{Z}^m$ for $m\geq 3$ and $G$ is a compact connected Lie group.
title The space of commuting elements in an exceptional Lie group and maps between classifying spaces
topic Algebraic Topology
55R37, 57T10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.19500