Moduli Spaces of Vector Bundles over a Real Curve: ℤ/2-Betti Numbers

Abstract

AbstractModuli spaces of real bundles over a real curve arise naturally as Lagrangian submanifolds of the moduli space of semi–stable bundles over a complex curve. In this paper, we adapt the methods of Atiyah–Bott's “Yang–Mills over a Riemann Surface” to compute ℤ/2–Betti numbers of these spaces.