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Principal bundles on 2-dimensional CW-complexes with disconnected structure group

Algebraic Topology 2022-12-21 v3

Abstract

Given any topological group GG, the topological classification of principal GG-bundles over a finite CW-complex XX is long-known to be given by the set of free homotopy classes of maps from XX to the corresponding classifying space BGBG. This classical result has been long-used to provide such classification in terms of explicit characteristic classes. However, even when XX has dimension 22, it seems there is a case in which such explicit classification has not been explicitly considered. This is the case where GG is a Lie group, whose group of components acts non-trivially on its fundamental group π1G\pi_1G. In this note we deal with this case by obtaining the classification, in terms of characteristic classes, of principal GG-bundles over a finite CW-complex of dimension 22, with GG is a Lie group such that π0G\pi_0G is abelian.

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@article{arxiv.2012.02730,
  title  = {Principal bundles on 2-dimensional CW-complexes with disconnected structure group},
  author = {André Oliveira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.02730},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Minor changes. Accepted for publication at Glasgow Mathematical Journal

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