Introducing Quaternionic Gerbes
Abstract
Description
The notion of a quaternionic gerbe is presented as a new way of bundling algebraic structures over a four manifold. The structure groupoid of this fibration is described in some detail. The Euclidean conformal group R*SO(4) appears naturally as a (non-commutative) monoidal structure on this groupoid. Using this monoidal structure we indicate the existence of a canonical quaternionic gerbe associated to a conformal structure on a four manifold.
14 pages, amslatex. This is an expanded version of lecture given by the auther at the National Research Symposiumon Geometric Analysis and Applications held at The Australian National University Canberra, 26-30 June, 2000
14 pages, amslatex. This is an expanded version of lecture given by the auther at the National Research Symposiumon Geometric Analysis and Applications held at The Australian National University Canberra, 26-30 June, 2000