Yang-Mills, Complex Structures and Chern's Last Theorem
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-11 v3
Abstract
Recently Shiing-Shen Chern suggested that the six dimensional sphere has no complex structure. Here we explore the relations between his arguments and Yang-Mills theories. In particular, we propose that Chern's approach is widely applicable to investigate connections between the geometry of manifolds and the structure of gauge theories. We also discuss several examples of manifolds, both with and without a complex structure.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0501050,
title = {Yang-Mills, Complex Structures and Chern's Last Theorem},
author = {Andrei Marshakov and Antti J. Niemi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0501050},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Chern's proof remains incomplete, and we have edited some statements in our article accordingly