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About Čech cohomology in transformation groups

I'm starting a study about theory of transformation groups and equivariant cohomology, in what I read several times that Čech cohomology is the most compatible with this theory, but until now I haven'...
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Cohomology of equivariant toric vector bundles using Klyachko's filtration

I am trying to understand Klyachko's following description of the cohomology groups of locally free (hopefully more generally of reflexive) sheaves on toric varieties. Whereas detailed literature ...
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Are the spaces BG for compact connected groups G ind-projective or ind-Kähler?

Let $G$ be a compact connected group, or maybe better its complexification. By thinking about the simplicial Borel space, or using $n$-acyclic $G$-spaces for higher and higher $n$, it's "easy&...
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Recover the $C_k$-action of a cyclic object as from the $S^1$-action on Hochschild chain

$\newcommand{\Fun}{\operatorname{Fun}}$Let $X\in\Fun(\Lambda^\mathrm{op}, \mathcal{C})$ be a cyclic object in the ($\infty$-)symmetric monoidal category $\mathcal{C}$, where $\Lambda$ is the cyclic ...
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Equivariant $K$-theory and proper actions of discrete groups

The work of Lück and Oliver describes the generalization of equivariant $K$-theory to infinite discrete groups. When $X$ is a finite proper $G$-CW complex, there exist Bott isomorphisms $K^n_G(X)\cong ...
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Is anything known about the equivariant homotopy theory of surfaces with the action of a finite subgroup of the mapping class group?

The Nielson realization theorem for a surface says that every finite subgroup of the mapping class group is realized by a finite subgroup of homeomorphisms on the surface. Furthermore, for a genus $g \...
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Equivalent descriptions of equivariant K-theory

I am looking at references for computing $$K_{T}(G/H)$$ where $G$ is a compact connected Lie group with maximal torus $T$, and $H\subset G$ is a corank one Lie subgroup such that $G/H\cong S^{2k-1}$ ...
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What is $H^*(\mathbb{CP}^{2^N-1}/\Sigma_n;\mathbb{Z})$ when $N=\binom{n}{2}$?

$H^*((S^3)^N/\Sigma_n;\mathbb{Q})$ is computed here. It makes a little more sense to compute $H^*((S^2)^N/\Sigma_n;\mathbb{Q})$ given that global phase is irrelevant. The proof is exactly the same. ...
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Mackey coset decomposition formula

I have a question about following argument I found in these notes on Mackey functors: (2.1) LEMMA. (page 6) Let $G$ be a finite group and $J$ any subgroup. Whenever $H$ and $K$ are subgroups of $J$, ...
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Torsion equivariant cohomology of reductive groups

Let $G$ be a reductive group with maximal torus $T$. One knows that the equivariant cohomology ring of a point with rational coefficients is $\mathbb{Q}[X^*(T)]^W$, and also there is an equivariant ...
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Representation-theoretic interpretation of double Schur polynomials

The Schur polynomials $$s_\lambda(x_1, \ldots, x_n) = \frac{|x_i^{\lambda_j+n-j}|_{1\le i,j\le n}}{|x_i^{n-j}|_{1\le i,j\le n}}$$ naturally appear as polynomial representatives for Schubert classes in ...
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Canonical reference for dictionary between $G$-spaces and fiber bundles over $BG$?

I'm looking for a comprehensive reference (for citation purposes) laying out the basic facts of the equivalence between $G$-spaces and bundles over $BG$ for a discrete group $G$. I'd like it to also ...
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Definition of Cartan Model - Equivariant differential forms

I would like to ask about an equivalence between two definitions for the Cartan Model. Let $G$ be a connected Lie group, let $\mathfrak{g}$ be its Lie algebra and let $M$ be a $G$-manifold. The Cartan ...
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The “Kunneth-type” morphism in equivariant $K$-theory

Suppose that one has two algebraic varieties with action of a reductive group $G$: say, $X$ and $Y$. There is an evident Kunneth-type morphism $K_G(X) \otimes K_G(Y) \to K_G(X \times Y)$, where the ...
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Equivariant complex $K$-theory of a real representation sphere

Consider the one-point compactification of a $U(n)$-representation $V$, denoted by $S^V$. I want to caclulate $\tilde{K}_\ast^{U(n)}(S^V)$. When $V$ is a complex $U(n)$-representation, we can use the ...
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Terminology for equivariant homology

The usual $G$-equivariant homology and cohomology groups of a space $X$ with $G$-action are given by the Borel construction: $$H_\ast^G(X)=H_\ast((X\times EG)/G),$$ $$H^\ast_G(X)=H^\ast((X\times EG)/G)...
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Computing the equivariant Chern character

Suppose I know the Chern character of an object $F \in D^b(X)$, where $X$ is some smooth complex projective variety with a finite group $G = \mathbb{Z}/m$ acting on it. In $D^b([X/G]) \simeq D^b(X)^G$ ...
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Is the localised $S^1$-equivariant cohomology of the free loop space of a space $X$ isomorphic to that of $X$ itself?

A well-known theorem of Atiyah and Bott states that given a finite dimensional oriented manifold $M$ with circle action, the $S^1$-equivariant cohomology of $M$ (with $\mathbb{Q}$ coefficients) is ...
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Equivariant cohomology of symmetric group acting on a product

Let $X$ be a finite CW-complex. The symmetric group $S_n$ acts on the product $X^{\times n}$ in the obvious way. Let $H^{\bullet}_{S_n}(X^{\times n})$ be the (Borel) equivariant cohomology of this ...
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What is the circle-equivariant cohomology of the real projective plane

Let P denote the real projective plane. It has an action of the circle group S1. (e.g. Let S1 act on the 2-sphere by rotations about an axis, then this action descends to the quotient P). I have a ...
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Equivariant K-theory for products of groups?

Let $X$ be a $(G \times H)$-space. What is known about the connection between the groups $K_G(X)$, $K_H(X)$ and $K_{G \times H}(X)$? The $G$ and $H$ action on $X$ come from the canonical inclusions $G ...
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Polynomiality of the equivariant Euler characteristic of a sheaf tensored with a standard line bundle on the flag variety

Let ${\mathcal B}=Fl(V)$ be the variety of complete flags in an $(m+2n)$-dimensional vector space $V$ over $\mathbb C$. Then we have the standard line bundles $\mathcal{O}(\lambda)$ on $\mathcal B$ ...
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Frobenius pushforward of an equivariant tautological bundle on the flag variety

Let $m,n$ be nonnegative integers. Let $k$ be a field of positive characteristic. Let the vector space $V$ over the field $k$ have basis $e_1,...,e_{m+n}, f_1,..., f_n$. Let $k^*$ act on $V$ by $t \...
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$E^G_\ast(E)$ tensored with the rationals

Lemma 17.19 of Switzer's "Algebraic topology - Homology and Homotopy" states that $E_\ast(F)\otimes\mathbb{Q}$ is isomorphic to $\pi_\ast(E)\otimes\pi_\ast(F)\otimes\mathbb{Q}$. I wanted to ...
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Equivariant spectra with coefficients

In “The localization of spectra with respect to homology”, Bousfield describes localizations with respect to Moore Spectra. Given a spectrum $E$, and a group $M$, he describes the spectrum with ...
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Is the equivariant Steenrod algebra useful?

I am a newbie to the field, so please excuse any potential obvious gaps in knowledge. I have been wondering of late about the equivariant (dual) Steenrod algebra in the context of genuine $G = C_p$ ...
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Isomorphism between Weyl and Cartan models as Hom-Tensor Adjunction

Let $M$ be a manifold, $\Omega$ be the de Rham complex of $M$. Let $G$ is a compact Lie group acting on $M$, $\mathfrak g$ its Lie algebra and $W(\mathfrak g) = \Lambda(\mathfrak g^*) \otimes S(\...
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Generalisation of the equivalence between $C^*(H)$ and $C_0(G/H) \rtimes G$; induction of group actions on C*-algebras

There is a well known Morita equivalence between the group C*-algebra $C^*(H)$ and $C_0(G/H) \rtimes G$, where $H$ is a subgroup of $G$. The corresponding equivalence of representations is an ...
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Equivariant cohomology with discrete group action

As far as I know, the equivariant cohomology can be regarded as the generalisation of de Rham cohomology with group action on manifolds. From the literature, the group action is Lie group type. I am ...
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Borel vs genuine equivariant cohomology in quantum field theory

A lot of important work in quantum field theory involves Borel equivariant cohomology of certain geometric objects, usually with the goal of computing integrals over some complicated moduli stack. In ...
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Localization for generalized Borel cohomology

For both equivariant de Rham cohomology and equivariant K-theory (in the "naive" or Borel sense), we have localization formulae which allow us to compute this cohomology in terms of the ...
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Comparing cohomology of quotient by algebraic group and Borel subgroup

Let $X$ a variety over an algebraically closed field $k$ (which we can assume to be actually $k=\mathbb{C}$) and $G$ a connected reductive algebraic group acting freely on $X$ (we can actually assume $...
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A connection between equivariant and non-equivariant cohomology of toric variety

Let $X$ be a smooth projective toric variety over $\mathbb{C}$. It is acted by the compact torus $T=(S^1)^n$. The $T$-equivariant cohomology $H^*_T(X)$ (with coefficients in a field, say) is an ...
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Geometric fixed points of induction spectrum

I was reading the paper "The Balmer spectrum of rational equivariant cohomology theories" of J.P.C. Greenlees and I found the following interesting fact, expressed in Lemma 4.2 and Remark 4....
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If two symplectic toric manifolds are diffeomorphic, are they necessarily equivariantly diffeomorphic?

Suppose $M$ and $N$ are two symplectic toric manifolds. If $M$ is diffeomorphic to $N$, can we deduce that $M$ is equivariantly diffeomorphic to $N$ with respect to their torus actions?
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Endomorphism in the rational stable $O(2)$-equivariant category of the universal space of the family of finite dihedral subgroups

Let $G$ be a compact Lie group. We can define $\mathfrak{F}G$ to be the collection of conjugacy classes of closed subgroups of $G$ whose Weyl group is finite, a bi-invariant metric on $G$ induces a ...
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Deequivariantisation of indecomposable sheaves

Let G be a connected group acting on a space X. All spaces should be reasonable, so e.g. G is a complex affine algebraic group acting on an algebraic variety X, with everything done using the usual ...
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On realizing a topos of sheaves as a topos of equivariant sheaves

This question is motivated by the following example : let $X$ be a variety over a field $k$, with algebraic closure $\bar{k}$. The Galois group $G_k:=\mathrm{Gal}(\bar{k}/k)$ acts on $X_{\bar{k}}:=X\...
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Cohomology of quotient stack

Let $X$ be an algebraic variety over $\mathbb{C}$ (the ground field is not important but this makes things easier I think) and $G$ an algebraic group acting over it. Let's say we know that there's a ...
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What's the definition of Euclidean density?

In page 19 of the article "Equivariant cohomology with generalized coefficients" the authors say: Let $V $ be an n-dimensional real vector space, let $v'$ be a non-zero element in $ \wedge^...
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What is the pointed Borel construction of the $0$-sphere?

From what I understand, the Borel construction takes a $G$-space $X$ and produces a topological space $X\times_{G}\mathbf{E}G$―the homotopy quotient $X/\!\!/G$ of $X$ by $G$ in the $\infty$-category ...
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Justification for the definition of equivariant curvature

Let $G$ be a compact Lie group which act on a smooth manifold $M$. Let $\mathbb{C}[\mathfrak{g}] \otimes \mathcal{A}$ be the algebra of polynomial maps from $\mathfrak{g}$ to $\mathcal{A}(M),$ we ...
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A minimal $\mathbb Z/2$-invariant Morse function on $U(n)$

Consider the group $U(2n)$ of unitary matrices. This has two standard and important homomorphic involutions. The most famous one $A \mapsto \overline A$ is complex conjugation, with fixed-set $O(2n)$, ...
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Equivariant line bundles and connections

Equivariant line bundle isomorphism classes are classified by the equivariant cohomology group $H^2_{P}(X;\mathbb{Z})$ and let us take $P$ to be finite abelian and $X$ a finite dimensional CW-complex ...
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Cohomology of quotient by free action

Let $G$ be a finite group. Let $G$ act freely on a CW-complex $X$. I heard that the following fact is true. Claim. The canonical map $H^*(X/G,F)\to H^*(X,F)^G$ is an isomorphism, where $F$ is a field ...
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Upgrading various algebro-geometric cohomology theories to be equivariant

I'm wondering what the "right" notion of equivariant cohomology is for something like étale cohomology or coherent cohomology, stuff which is expressible as derived functors of global ...
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Borel equivariant homology of a suspension

Let $G$ be a discrete group. For a $G$-CW complex $X$, let $H^G_{\bullet}(X)$ denote the Borel equivariant homology of $X$. There are also relative versions of this. Here's my question. Let $X$ be ...
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Borel equivariant cohomology operations

Fix a group $G$. For an abelian coefficient group $A$ let $H^*_G(-;A):=H^*(EG\times_G-;A)$ be the Borel cohomology with $A$ coefficents. This is a functor from $G$-spaces to graded abelian groups ...
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divisors in non-compact toric varieties

Let $X$ be a smooth quasi-projective toric variety of dimension $n$ over $\mathbb C$. Take it to be non-compact, so its fan is not complete. (A good example to keep in mind is a toric Calabi-Yau.) If ...
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Does the Hodge decomposition hold for equivariant differential forms?

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold. The Hodge decomposition tells that $$ \Omega^*(M) = \mathrm{im} \ d \oplus \mathrm{im} \ d^* \oplus \mathscr H^*(M) $$ where $d^*$ is the adjoint operator of the ...
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