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On the Connectedness of Moduli Spaces of Flat Connections over Compact Surfaces

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study the connectedness of the moduli space of gauge equivalence classes of flat G-connections on a compact orientable surface or a compact nonorientable surface for a class of compact connected Lie groups. This class includes all the compact, connected, simply connected Lie groups, and some non-semisimple classical groups including U(n) and Spin^C(n).

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@article{arxiv.math/0211388,
  title  = {On the Connectedness of Moduli Spaces of Flat Connections over Compact Surfaces},
  author = {Nan-Kuo Ho and Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0211388},
  year   = {2007}
}

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24 pages