Hitchin connection

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The Hitchin connection is a geometric connection on bundles of conformal blocks over Teichmüller space, central to the study of quantization, moduli spaces, and topological quantum field theory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geometric connection ⓘ
mathematical concept ⓘ
projectively flat connection ⓘ
actsOn Verlinde bundles ⓘ
spaces of conformal blocks ⓘ
arisesFrom determinant line bundle with Quillen metric ⓘ
geometric quantization of the moduli space of flat connections ⓘ
variation of complex structures on a Riemann surface ⓘ
associatedWith Chern–Simons theory ⓘ
Verlinde formula ⓘ
Wess–Zumino–Witten model ⓘ
conformal field theory ⓘ
geometric quantization ⓘ
mapping class group representations ⓘ
modular functors ⓘ
moduli spaces ⓘ
quantization of character varieties ⓘ
quantization of moduli of flat connections ⓘ
topological quantum field theory ⓘ
definedFor compact Riemann surfaces ⓘ
moduli of stable principal bundles ⓘ
surfaces of genus at least 2 ⓘ
definedOn bundles of conformal blocks ⓘ
moduli space of flat connections ⓘ
moduli space of stable bundles ⓘ
vector bundles over Teichmüller space ⓘ
domain Teichmüller space ⓘ
moduli space of complex structures on a surface ⓘ
field algebraic geometry ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
low-dimensional topology ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
generalizationOf Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov connection in genus zero ⓘ
introducedBy Nigel Hitchin ⓘ
property compatible with the mapping class group action ⓘ
gives parallel transport of conformal blocks ⓘ
holomorphic in the Teichmüller parameter ⓘ
projectively flat over Teichmüller space ⓘ
relatedTo Atiyah–Bott symplectic form ⓘ
Goldman symplectic structure ⓘ
Hitchin’s connection on the moduli of bundles ⓘ
linked to: Hitchin connection

Hitchin’s projectively flat connection ⓘ
Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov–Bernard connection ⓘ
Quillen connection ⓘ
usedIn construction of TQFTs from conformal field theory ⓘ
construction of quantum representations of mapping class groups ⓘ
geometric interpretation of conformal blocks ⓘ
study of asymptotics of quantum invariants ⓘ
study of quantum Teichmüller theory ⓘ

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Nigel Hitchin → notableFor → Hitchin connection ⓘ
Hitchin connection → relatedTo → Hitchin’s connection on the moduli of bundles ⓘ
linked to: Hitchin connection