On the moduli spaces of commuting elements in the projective unitary groups

We provide descriptions for the moduli spaces Rep(Γ, PU(m)), where Γ is any finitely generated Abelian group and PU(m) is the group of m × m projective unitary matrices. As an application, we show that for any connected CW-complex X with π1(X)≅Zn, the natural map π0(Rep(π1(X), PU(m))) → [X, BPU(m)] is injective, hence providing a complete enumeration of the isomorphism classes of flat principal PU(m)-bundles over X.We provide descriptions for the moduli spaces Rep(Γ, PU(m)), where Γ is any finitely generated Abelian group and PU(m) is the group of m × m projective unitary matrices. As an application, we show that for any connected CW-complex X with π1(X)≅Zn, the natural map π0(Rep(π1(X), PU(m))) → [X, BPU(m)] is injective, hence providing a complete enumeration of the isomorphism classes of flat principal PU(m)-bundles over X.