Questions tagged [equivariant-cohomology]
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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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String partition function
Hey I am a bit confused because when reading physics papers I encounter the free energy as a generating function of topological invariants as integrals over certain compactified moduli spaces. For ...
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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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Theorem 7.13 (localization theorem) in the book: Heat kernels and Dirac operator
I'm trying to understand theorem 7.13 in the book Heat kernels and Dirac operators which says the following:
Theorem 7.13: Let $G$ be a compact Lie group acting on a compact manifold $M$. Let $\alpha$...
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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
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\Omega^*(M) = \mathrm{im} \ d \oplus \mathrm{im} \ d^* \oplus \mathscr H^*(M)
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What is equivariant chains on a representation sphere?
For a finite group $G$ and a finite-dimensional real representation $V$ of $G$, denote by $S^V$ the one-point compactification of $V$, with basepoint at infinity.
What is the reduced chain complex $...
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An overcomplex of the Cartan model in equivariant cohomology?
Given any graded vector space $V^\bullet$ and any degree 1 linear operator $d\colon V^\bullet\to V^{\bullet+1}$, one gets a complex $(\ker(d^2),d)$. Moreover, if $V^\bullet$ is a graded algebra and $d$...
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Relation of $KR(X)$ and $K(Y)$ for $X\to Y$ a $C_2$ principal bundle
It is an important property of usual equivariant $K$-theory that $K_G(X)\cong K(X/G)$ whenever $G$ acts freely on $X$.
What can be said about $KR(X)$ when the action of $C_2$ on $X$ is free? In the ...
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The set of isomorphism classes of Z/nZ-equivariant line bundles over a 2 dimensional Z/nZ-CW complex
Suppose I wish to find the set of isomorphism classes of $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$-equivariant line bundles over a 2-dimensional, compact $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$-CW-complex $X$, i.e. $\mathrm{Vect}^{1}...
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An induction formula for spectral Mackey functors, and a fake proof
I'm trying to get a grasp of Barwick's model for genuine $G$-spectra, that is, spectral Mackey functors 1. There's a classical formula about induction, that should be easy to prove, that I was trying ...
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Intersection numbers via residue formula
$\newcommand{\sslash}{\mathbin{/\mkern-7mu/}}$With a friend we are trying to understand residue formulas in the article "Cohomology pairings on singular quotients in geometric invariant theory&...
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Equivariant (co)homology of flag manifolds, convolution algebra and nil hecke algebra?
For a complex reductive group $G$ and its Borel subgroup $B$, it seems to be well-known that the equivariant homology group $H^G_*(G/B\times G/B)$ forms a nil-Heck algebra
$$NH=\Bbbk[y_i,\partial_{j}]...
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Bredon cohomology of a permutation action on $S^3$
I've seen a couple of similar questions asking to verify computations of Bredon cohomology here and here, so I will ask one such question myself.
Let $\mathbb{Z}/2$ act on $S^3\subset \mathbb{C}^2$ by ...
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Equivariant cohomology of a semisimple Lie algebra
Suppose $\mathfrak{g}$ is a real Lie algebra integrating to the connected Lie group $G$. One may consider the $G$-equivariant cohomology of $\mathfrak{g}$ ($\mathfrak{g}^*$) where the $G$-action is ...
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Cellular chain complex of $G$-CW-complexes & their differentials
I not completly understand EXAMPLE 2.31 (page 19) dealing with homology of
$G$-CW-complexes. Source: http://www.ltcc.ac.uk/media/london-taught-course-centre/documents/LTCC-notes-Lecture3-2019.pdf
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Homotopy group action and equivariant cohomology theories
Many of the introductory notes on generalized equivariant cohomology theories assume that one is working over the category of $G$-spaces or $G$-spectra. However, one thing that concerns me is that the ...
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Analog of Cartan model for equivariant homology
Let $X$ be a manifold, acted on by a Lie group $G$.
(For example $X$ real-even-dimensional acted on by $G=U(1)$ with only finitely many isolated fixed points.) The Cartan model for $G$-equivariant ...
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What is rigidity of Hirzebruch, and Witten genera?
I would like to find some good references (or any insight) that would help me to understand a few articles mentioning rigidity of Hirzeburch genus. One of the consequences of this phenomenon is that ...
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Computations of Bredon homology of $S(1+\sigma)$ with Universal Coefficient S.S
What I am trying to do is to compute $\mathbb{Z}$-graded Bredon homology of $S(1+\sigma)$ over $Q\times\Sigma_2$, where
$Q$ is a cyclic group of order 2
$\sigma$ is its real sign representation
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Equivariant Coefficient ring action on singular cohomology
Let $X$ be a manifold acted on by a Lie group $G$. The $G$-equivariant cohomology of $X$ with coefficients in a ring $\mathcal{R}$ is defined as the cohomology ring
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H_G^*(X; \mathcal{R}) := H^*(X_G;...
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Reading list for Equivariant Cohomology
I was applying equivaraint cohomology, in particular in the symplectic setting, for some time, but I feel like I am missing some nice books/course notes/articles. Could you advise me some literature, ...
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Equivariant cohomology algebra of toric variety
Let $X$ be a complex projective and smooth toric variety of complex dimension $n$. It is acted by the real torus $T=(S^1)^n$.
Is it true that the $T$-equivariant cohomology $H^*_T(X,\mathbb{Z})$ ...
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Transition equations for double Schubert polynomials
For $w$ a permutation, the associated (ordinary) Schubert polynomial $\mathfrak{S}_w(\textbf{x})$ is a multivariate polynomial that represents for the cohomology class of the Schubert variety $X_w$ in ...
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A question on relative equivariant cohomology
Suppose that we have defined an extraordinary $G$-equivariant cohomology theory $H$ (say $G$ is a compact group). If $X$ is a $G$-space and $A\subset X$ is a closed $G$-equivarant contractible ...
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Computation of equivariant 3 form
I want to how an equivariant 2-form and equivariant 3- form look like i,e.,
Let M be a complex Manifold say $ S^4 \subset C^3$ and a compact lie group $S^1$ acting on it via the action $\exp{i\theta}....
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Differentials in Weil model for equivariant cohomology
Why should we define the differential in Weil model as follows? I could understand $\sum_{j,k} c_{jk}^i \theta_j \wedge \theta_k$ plays a role in the formula because it is the dual of the structure ...
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The homology of the orbit space
Suppose we have an acyclic group $G$ and let $X$ be a contractible CW-complex such that $G$ acts freely on $X$ (we do not suppose that the action is proper).
Is there a way to understand the homology ...
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Equivariant L-infinity structure associated to a DGBV algebra
Let $V$ be a differential graded Batalin-Vilkovisky (DGBV) algebra over say $\mathbb{C}$. This means that $V$ is a commutative differential graded algebra (CDGA), with differential $\partial$ of ...
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Formality of fixed points in the equivariant localisation
Let $X$ be a complex algebraic variety equipped with an algebraic $\mathbf{C}^{\times}$-action.
The Borel construction gives a map $f: \mathrm{E}\mathbf{C}^{\times}\times^{\mathbf{C}^{\times}}X\to \...
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Relative equivariant cohomology
Let us assume that $X=\mathbb{R}\times S^1$ is given with a $G=\mathbb{Z}_2$ action that corresponds to the symmetry $(x,e^{i\theta})\mapsto(-x,e^{-i\theta})$. I want to compute the equivariant ...
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A Poincare dual spectral sequence for equivariant cohomology: extension to generalized cohomology?
This question is a follow-up to my previous question:
"Rotated" version of the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
In that question, I discussed two different spectral sequences for ...
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Is there a kind of Poincare duality for Borel equivariant cohomology?
Let $G$ be a finite (or discrete) group, $M$ a $d$-dimensional manifold with smooth $G$-action (I am interested in the case where the action is not free, so $M/G$ is not a manifold). For an Abelian ...
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Equivariant De Rham theorem for orbifolds
Recall that the "classical" equivariant De Rham theorem states that, for a compact Lie group $G$ acting on a compact smooth manifold $M$,
$$H_G^*(M,\mathbb{R})\cong H^*(\Omega_G(M)),$$
where $H_G^*(M,\...
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Transgression image and Serre spectral sequence for tori
Let $\mathbb{K} \subset \mathbb{T}$ be two tori acting on a topological space $X$ (with all the properties you want). We use the notations $$X_{\mathbb{T}} := (X \times E \mathbb{T}) / \mathbb{T}, \...
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