Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2006-04-11
Math. Z. 2008
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
Some typographical corrections
Scientific paper
10.1007/s00209-008-0367-9
Let $G$ be a complex Lie group and $\Lambda G$ denote the group of maps from the unit circle ${\mathbb S}^1$ into $G$, of a suitable class. A differentiable map $F$ from a manifold $M$ into $\Lambda G$, is said to be of \emph{connection order $(_a^b)$} if the Fourier expansion in the loop parameter $\lambda$ of the ${\mathbb S}^1$-family of Maurer-Cartan forms for $F$, namely $F_\lambda^{-1} \dd F_\lambda$, is of the form $\sum_{i=a}^b \alpha_i \lambda^i$. Most integrable systems in geometry are associated to such a map. Roughly speaking, the DPW method used a Birkhoff type splitting to reduce a harmonic map into a symmetric space, which can be represented by a certain order $(_{-1}^1)$ map, into a pair of simpler maps of order $(_{-1}^{-1})$ and $(_1^1)$ respectively. Conversely, one could construct such a harmonic map from any pair of $(_{-1}^{-1})$ and $(_1^1)$ maps. This allowed a Weierstrass type description of harmonic maps into symmetric spaces. We extend this method to show that, for a large class of loop groups, a connection order $(_a^b)$ map, for $a<0
Brander David
Dorfmeister Josef
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