$\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-Supergeometry II: Batchelor-Gawedzki Theorem

Abstract

Quite a number of $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-gradings, $n\geq 2$, appear in Physics and in Mathematics. The corresponding sign rules are given by the `scalar product' of the involved $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-degrees. The new theory exhibits challenging differences with the classical one: nonzero degree even coordinates are not nilpotent, and even (resp., odd) coordinates do not necessarily commute (resp., anticommute) pairwise (the parity is the parity of the total degree). Formal series are the appropriate substitute for nilpotency; the category of $\mathbb{Z}_2^\bullet$-manifolds is closed with respect to the tangent and cotangent functors. The $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-supergeometric viewpoint provides deeper insight and simplified solutions; interesting relations with Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Mechanics are expected. In this article, we introduce split $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-manifolds as intrinsic superizations of $\mathbb{Z}_2^n\setminus\{0\}$-graded vector bundles and prove that, conversely, any $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-manifold is noncanonically split. We thus provide a complete proof of the $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-extension of the so-called Batchelor-Gawedzki Theorem.