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An Oka principle for Stein G-manifolds

Complex Variables 2017-01-11 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a reductive complex Lie group acting holomorphically on Stein manifolds XX and YY. Let pX ⁣:XQXp_X\colon X\to Q_X and pY ⁣:YQYp_Y\colon Y\to Q_Y be the quotient mappings. Assume that we have a biholomorphism Q:=QXQYQ:= Q_X\to Q_Y and an open cover {Ui}\{U_i\} of QQ and GG-biholomorphisms Φi ⁣:pX1(Ui)pY1(Ui)\Phi_i\colon p_X^{-1}(U_i)\to p_Y^{-1}(U_i) inducing the identity on UiU_i. There is a sheaf of groups A\mathcal A on QQ such that the isomorphism classes of all possible YY is the cohomology set H1(Q,A)H^1(Q,\mathcal A). The main question we address is to what extent H1(Q,A)H^1(Q,\mathcal A) contains only topological information. For example, if GG acts freely on XX and YY, then XX and YY are principal GG-bundles over QQ, and Grauert's Oka Principle says that the set of isomorphism classes of holomorphic principal GG-bundles over QQ is canonically the same as the set of isomorphism classes of topological principal GG-bundles over QQ. We investigate to what extent we have an Oka principle for H1(Q,A)H^1(Q,\mathcal A).

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@article{arxiv.1608.05156,
  title  = {An Oka principle for Stein G-manifolds},
  author = {Gerald W. Schwarz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.05156},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

12 pages, minor changes, to appear in Indiana University Math. J