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Moduli spaces of vector bundles over a real curve: Z/2-Betti numbers

Symplectic Geometry 2015-05-26 v2 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology Differential Geometry

Abstract

Moduli spaces of real bundles over a real curve arise naturally as Lagrangian submanifolds of the moduli space of semi-stable bundles over a complex curve. In this paper, we adapt the methods of Atiyah-Bott's "Yang-Mills over a Riemann Surface" to compute Z/2-Betti numbers of these spaces, proving formulas recently obtained by Liu and Schaffhauser.

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@article{arxiv.1207.4960,
  title  = {Moduli spaces of vector bundles over a real curve: Z/2-Betti numbers},
  author = {Thomas Baird},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.4960},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

33 pages. Implemented referee suggestions and simplified exposition in the introduction. Comments welcome