The smooth plane vortex equation and its deformation complex #
Write a field as x = (b₁, b₂, p, q), representing the imaginary connection
a = i (b₁ ds + b₂ dt) and section α = 2 (p + i q). The coefficient metric
|b|² + |δα|² / 4 is then the Euclidean metric on variations of x.
Fields take values in EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 4) and equation defects in
EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 3), with these Euclidean coefficient norms.
equation x has three real components: the defect in
*iF_a = (1 - |α|²) / 8 and the real and imaginary parts of ∂bar_a α.
The convention is ∂bar_a α = (∇₁α + i ∇₂α) / 2, with ∇ = d + a.
phaseGauge realizes the action of exp (i f); its composition law holds for
differentiable phases, and its first variation requires no phase regularity.
Covariance of the equation requires C² phases. Where the section does not vanish,
∂bar_a α = 0 determines the connection from the section (eq_of_forall_section_eq).
Where ∂bar_a α = 0, the covariant derivative is complex linear,
d_a α (v) = v · d_a α (1) (covariantDerivative_eq_mul_of_equation_eq_zero), and it controls
the gradient of |α|² through (∂_s |α|²)² + (∂_t |α|²)² = 4 |α|² |d_a α (1)|²
(fderiv_normSq_apply_one_sq_add_apply_I_sq), so |d_a α (1)| ≤ |∇ |α|²| where |α|² ≥ 1 / 2
(norm_covariantDerivative_one_le_norm_fderiv_normSq).
equation_add_smul gives the exact quadratic expansion, and hasDerivAt_equation
identifies linearizedEquation as its first variation. For the charge-one infinitesimal
gauge action gaugeDirection x f, the off-shell composition is
(0, -f * (equation x)₂, f * (equation x)₁). Consequently it vanishes at every
solution, giving the differential-complex identity without a gauge-fixing assumption.
The vacuum is (0, 0, 1/2, 0); its linearization agrees with the last three rows of
vacuumOperator. This is a smooth differential expression; no completed field space,
Fredholm property or quotient construction is asserted.
The normalization follows TauCeti.Vortex.vacuumOperator and A. Jaffe and C. H. Taubes,
Vortices and Monopoles, Progress in Physics 2, Birkhäuser, 1980.
The three real defects of the plane vortex equation in the coordinates
a = i (x₀ ds + x₁ dt), α = 2 (x₂ + i x₃).
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The actual section α = 2(p + i q) represented by a real vortex field.
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The section in the real field coordinates.
The section of a difference of fields is the difference of their sections.
Two fields agree at a point when their connection coordinates and their sections agree there.
The section of a field is bounded by the field: |α| ≤ 2 |x|.
If a field tends to zero along a filter, then so does its section.
The end framing α(z) · phase(z) → 1, with |phase| → 1 at infinity, gives the squared modulus
|α|² = 4 (p² + q²) tending to one at infinity.
A field whose section has the degree-m end framing α(z) (z / |z|)^(-m) → 1 has squared
modulus |α|² = 4 (p² + q²) tending to one at infinity.
The derivative of the squared modulus |α|² = 4 (p² + q²) in terms of those of the real
coordinates of the section: d |α|² (v) = 8 (p ∂_v p + q ∂_v q).
The section α = 2 (p + i q) is differentiable wherever its real coordinates are.
The section of a field differentiable at a point is differentiable there.
The section of a field C^n at a point is C^n there.
The derivative of the section α = 2 (p + i q) in terms of those of its real coordinates.
The covariant derivative d_a α, with the charge-one connection a = i(b₁ ds + b₂ dt).
The argument v is an actual real tangent vector to the plane.
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Coordinate evaluation of the covariant derivative of the actual section.
The covariant derivative is real-linear in the tangent vector, so it is determined by its
values on the coordinate frame (1, i).
The covariant derivative ∇₁ α in the real field coordinates: for a field differentiable at
z, ∇₁ α = 2 ((∂₁ p - b₁ q) + i (∂₁ q + b₁ p)).
The real part of the covariant derivative in the real field coordinates:
Re ∇_v α = 2 (∂_v p - b(v) q).
The imaginary part of the covariant derivative in the real field coordinates:
Im ∇_v α = 2 (∂_v q + b(v) p).
The covariant derivative of the section of a C¹ field in a fixed direction is
continuous.
The real curvature coefficient: F_a = i curvature ds ∧ dt.
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The physical energy density |F_a|² + |d_a α|² + (1 - |α|²)² in the Euclidean plane.
No finite-energy condition is built into a field's type.
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The physical energy density as a sum of curvature, kinetic and potential terms.
The first-order linearization of equation at the field x, applied to a variation y.
The coordinates of y represent δa = i (y₀ ds + y₁ dt) and δα = 2 (y₂ + i y₃).
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The quadratic remainder of the vortex equation, independent of the base field.
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The infinitesimal charge-one gauge action of i f: δa = -i df, δα = i f α.
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The gauge transformation with phase exp (i f), in real field coordinates.
Its connection part is a - i df and its section part is exp (i f) α.
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The normalized vacuum field, with zero connection and section α = 1.
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The curvature defect of the vortex equation.
The real complex-equation defect.
The imaginary complex-equation defect.
At a solution of the vortex equation the curvature coefficient ∂₁ b₂ - ∂₂ b₁ of
F_a = i (∂₁ b₂ - ∂₂ b₁) ds ∧ dt is -(1 - |α|²) / 8.
Where the holomorphicity rows ∂bar_a α = 0 hold, the covariant derivative is complex linear
in the tangent vector: d_a α (v) = v · d_a α (1).
The squared modulus of d_a α (1) = 2 ((∂_s p - b₁ q) + i (∂_s q + b₁ p)).
Where the holomorphicity rows ∂bar_a α = 0 hold, the gradient of |α|² and the covariant
derivative of α satisfy (∂_s |α|²)² + (∂_t |α|²)² = 4 |α|² |d_a α (1)|².
Where the holomorphicity rows ∂bar_a α = 0 hold and |α|² ≥ 1 / 2, the covariant derivative
is bounded by the gradient of |α|²: |d_a α (1)| ≤ |∇ |α|²|.
The curvature component of the linearized equation.
The real complex component of the linearized equation.
The imaginary complex component of the linearized equation.
The first connection component of the infinitesimal gauge action.
The real section component of the infinitesimal gauge action.
The imaginary section component of the infinitesimal gauge action.
The linearized equation preserves addition of variations differentiable at the point.
The linearized equation commutes with real scalar multiplication of variations.
The zero variation has zero linearized equation.
The infinitesimal gauge action preserves addition of phases differentiable at the point.
The infinitesimal gauge action commutes with real scalar multiplication of phases.
The zero phase has zero infinitesimal gauge action.
The coordinates of the vacuum field.
The zero phase acts as the identity.
Composition of phase gauges corresponds to addition of their real phases.
The infinitesimal charge-one action is the derivative of the actual phase gauge action.
The curvature defect is gauge invariant, and the complex defect transforms by the same unit phase as the section. This statement includes non-solution fields.
A phase gauge transformation preserves the solution condition in both directions.
The section of a vortex determines its connection where it does not vanish. If two fields
satisfy the holomorphicity equation ∂bar_a α = 0, have continuous connection components and the
same section, and the zero set of that section has empty interior, then the fields are equal.
Exact quadratic expansion of the vortex equation, with no higher remainder.
The differential expression linearizedEquation is the first variation along every
differentiable field direction, evaluated at any fixed point of the plane.
At every field (off-shell), the composition of the linearized equation with the infinitesimal gauge action is the infinitesimal rotation of the complex equation defect.
At a solution, the infinitesimal gauge action followed by the linearized equation is zero.
This is the differential-complex identity d₁ d₀ = 0.
The vacuum solves the nonlinear vortex equation.
The smooth linearization at the vacuum is exactly the curvature and two complex rows of the existing gauge-fixed Schwartz operator.