An Oka principle for Stein G-manifolds

TL;DR

This paper explores an Oka principle for Stein G-manifolds, examining when holomorphic classification aligns with topological classification via sheaf cohomology, extending Grauert's classical results.

Contribution

It establishes conditions under which the sheaf cohomology set $H^1(Q,\mathcal{A})$ reflects only topological information, generalizing Grauert's Oka principle to G-manifolds.

Findings

Identifies when $H^1(Q,\mathcal{A})$ corresponds to topological classes

Extends Oka principle to Stein G-manifolds with group actions

Provides criteria for holomorphic and topological classification equivalence

Abstract

Let $G$ be a reductive complex Lie group acting holomorphically on Stein manifolds $X$ and $Y$. Let $p_X\colon X\to Q_X$ and $p_Y\colon Y\to Q_Y$ be the quotient mappings. Assume that we have a biholomorphism $Q:= Q_X\to Q_Y$ and an open cover $\{U_i\}$ of $Q$ and $G$-biholomorphisms $\Phi_i\colon p_X^{-1}(U_i)\to p_Y^{-1}(U_i)$ inducing the identity on $U_i$. There is a sheaf of groups $\mathcal A$ on $Q$ such that the isomorphism classes of all possible $Y$ is the cohomology set $H^1(Q,\mathcal A)$. The main question we address is to what extent $H^1(Q,\mathcal A)$ contains only topological information. For example, if $G$ acts freely on $X$ and $Y$, then $X$ and $Y$ are principal $G$-bundles over $Q$, and Grauert's Oka Principle says that the set of isomorphism classes of holomorphic principal $G$-bundles over $Q$ is canonically the same as the set of isomorphism classes of topological principal $G$-bundles over $Q$. We investigate to what extent we have an Oka principle for $H^1(Q,\mathcal A)$.