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Non-homogeneous line bundles over a homogeneous space
Let $G$ be a compact Lie group and $G/K$ a connected homogeneous space. A homogeneous vector bundle over $G/K$ is a vector bundle is one that is isomorphic to a vector bundle of the form
$$
G \times_{\...
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What can we say about the homogeneous spaces $E_8/E_7$ and $E_7/E_6$?
For the three exceptional compact Lie groups $E_8, E_7, E_6$ we have the inclusions
$$
E_6 \subseteq E_7 \subseteq E_8.
$$
What can we say about the the homogeneous spaces
$$
E_8/E_7, ~~~~ E_7/E_6?
$$
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Coinvariant representative of homogeneous space cohomology
Given a compact homogeneous space $M = K/L$, consider its de Rham complex $(\Omega^*,d)$. Will every cohomology class $[\omega] \in ker(d)/im(d)$ contain a representative $\nu$ which is invariant with ...
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Automorphisms of homogeneous space $F_4/P_{\{\beta_2\}}$ over the exceptional group $F_4$
Let $F_4$ be the connected, simply connected, simple, complex, linear algebraic group of type $\mathsf{F}_4$, with Dynkin diagram
$$
\beta_1-\beta_2\Rightarrow\beta_3-\beta_4\,.
$$
Let $P_{\{\beta_2\}}...
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Torus actions on $Sp(n)$-spheres
In this old question of mine
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1651906/spheres-as-symplectic-homogeneous-spaces
the presentation of spheres as symplectic group homogeneous spaces was ...
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Canonical class of partial flag variety
Let $F(d_1,d_2,\ldots,d_k;n )$ be the variety of all flags $\mathbb A^{d_1} \subset\mathbb A^{d_2}\subset\ldots\subset \mathbb A^{d_k}\subset \mathbb A^{n}$. This variety has the natural maps to ...