Levy Laplacian on manifold and Yang-Mills heat flow

Abstract

A covariant definition of the Levy Laplacian on an infinite dimensional manifold is introduced. It is shown that a time-depended connection in a finite dimensional vector bundle is a solution of the Yang-Mills heat equations if and only if the associated flow of the parallel transports is a solution of the heat equation for the covariant Levy Laplacian on the infinite dimensional manifold.