Boundary-data conjecture for finite-energy monopole differences

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Let M{\mathcal M} be the monopole moduli space, let M∞{\mathcal M}^{\infty} be the moduli space of boundary data at infinity, and let

∂:M→M∞\partial:{\mathcal M}\to{\mathcal M}^{\infty}

be the boundary map. For monopoles (A,Φ)(A,\Phi) and (A′,Φ′)(A',\Phi'), equality of their boundary data means ∂(A,Φ)=∂(A′,Φ′)\partial(A,\Phi)=\partial(A',\Phi'). Boundary-data conjecture. If

∂(A,Φ)=∂(A′,Φ′),\partial(A,\Phi)=\partial(A',\Phi'),

then there is a gauge transformation gg such that Ag−A′A^g-A' and Φg−Φ′\Phi^g-\Phi' are L2L^2. This would control the asymptotic difference between monopoles with identical boundary data and support finiteness of the induced L2L^2 metric.

References

Primary source

Michael K. Murray and Michael A. Singer, “A note on monopole moduli spaces”, arXiv:math-ph/0302020 (2003).

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