Does a generic connection depend continuously on its curvature?

Mark A. Mostow, Steven Shnider

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Abstract

For a principal bundle with semi-simple structure group over a smooth four-dimensional base manifold, the set of connections (gauge potentials)A which are uniquely determined by their curvature (field or field strength)F is generic in the set of all potentials, endowed with the Whitney C topology. However, the operator taking each such field F to its potential A is not continuous. Partial negative results are given concerning the existence of a smaller generic set on which this operator is continuous.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)417-432
Number of pages16
JournalCommunications in Mathematical Physics
Volume90
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1983
Externally publishedYes

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