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The diffeology of Milnor's classifying space

Geometric Topology 2017-10-31 v3

Abstract

We define a diffeology on the Milnor classifying space of a diffeological group GG, constructed in a similar fashion to the topological version using an infinite join. Besides obtaining the expected classification theorem for smooth principal bundles, we prove the existence of a diffeological connection on any principal bundle (with mild conditions on the bundles and groups), and apply the theory to some examples, including some infinite-dimensional groups, as well as irrational tori.

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@article{arxiv.1606.06680,
  title  = {The diffeology of Milnor's classifying space},
  author = {Jean-Pierre Magnot and Jordan Watts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06680},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

29 pages -- v3 fixes another error, and clarifies some comments on differential forms