Euler-Poincaré index theory on Banach manifolds
This note is concerned with the recent paper "Non-topological N-vortex condensates for the self-dual Chern-Simons theory" by M. Nolasco. Modifying her arguments and statements, we show that the existence of "non-topological" multi-vortex condensates follows when the number of prescribed vortex points is greater than or equal to 2.
Using elementary convexity arguments involving the Legendre transformation and the Prékopa-Leindler inequality, we prove the sharp Moser-Onofri inequality, which says that1/16π ∫|∇φ|2 + 1/4π ∫ φ - log (1/4π ∫ eφ) ≥ 0for any funcion φ ∈ C∞(S2).
Let be a closed surface, a compact Lie group, with Lie algebra , and a principal -bundle. In earlier work we have shown that the moduli space of central Yang-Mills connections, with reference to appropriate additional data, is stratified by smooth symplectic manifolds and that the holonomy yields a homeomorphism from onto a certain representation space , in fact a diffeomorphism, with reference to suitable smooth structures and , where denotes the universal central extension of...