The generalized Atiyah–Jones conjecture for four-manifolds

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Let XX be a 44-dimensional real manifold. Let Mk\mathcal{M}_k be the moduli space of SU(2)SU(2) instantons on XX of charge kk, let PkP_k be a principal bundle with c2(Pk)=kc_2(P_k)=k, let Bk\mathcal{B}_k be the space of gauge-equivalence classes of connections on PkP_k, and let θk ⁣:Mk→Bk\theta_k\colon \mathcal{M}_k\rightarrow\mathcal{B}_k be the inclusion. Generalized Atiyah–Jones conjecture. The maps

(θk)t ⁣:Ht(Mk)→Ht(Bk)(\theta_k)_t\colon H_t(\mathcal{M}_k)\rightarrow H_t(\mathcal{B}_k)

and

(θk)t ⁣:πt(Mk)→πt(Bk)(\theta_k)_t\colon \pi_t(\mathcal{M}_k)\rightarrow \pi_t(\mathcal{B}_k)

are isomorphisms for t≤q=q(k)t\leq q=q(k). This generalization extends the Atiyah–Jones prediction from instantons on the sphere to arbitrary 44-dimensional real manifolds, and the source says that it remains open in all other cases.

References

Primary source

Edoardo Ballico, Elizabeth Gasparim and Francisco Rubilar, “25 open questions about vector bundles and their moduli”, arXiv:2106.06434 (2021).

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