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Cohomology of Flag Varieties
For $K$ a compact Lie-group with maximal torus $T$, I'd like to know the cohomology $\text{H}^{\ast}(K/T)$ of the flag variety $K/T$.
If I'm not mistaken, this should be isomorphic to the algebra of ...
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Dijkgraaf-Witten TQFT vs. Representation Theory?
From what I had read, group characters can be "glued" together in a topological fashion and there is something to this effect in the paper by Dijkgraaf and Witten. TQFT seems to be a ...
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Group Extensions and Line Bundles on $BG$
I am sure the answer to this question is well-known, but
It is well known that the group cohomology $H^2(G,\mathbb Z)$ classifies group extensions $0\to \mathbb Z\to E\to G\to 1$ and that for a ...
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Canonical reference for Chern characteristic classes
I'm a little uncertain about the definitions for
Chern roots
Chern classes
Chern characters
From perusing several discussions, I gather that if one correlates the nomenclature with that of ...
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Why can't we take three loops?
Apologies for the vague title and soft question. According to Etingof, Igor Frenkel once suggested that there are three "levels" to Lie theory, which I guess could be given the following names:
No ...
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What is the first Pontryagin class of the $n$-dimensional representation of $S_n$?
The symmetric group $S_n$ has an $n$-dimensional defining representation, which splits as $n = (n-1) + 1$. Although this representation exists integrally, I would like to think of this as a real ...
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Mednykh's formula for 2d manifold with boundaries? How to count principal G-bundles with prescribed holonomies?
Let S be a closed, orientable 2d manifold and G a finite group. Since a principal G-bundle over S is specified by maps $\phi : \pi_1(S) \rightarrow G$ modulo the adjoint action by G, the way to count ...
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Cohomology of representation varieties
Perhaps this question is too general then I am sorry about this.
My question is the following.
Let $\pi$ be the fundamental group of a compact surface of genus $g$ (with if necessary $n$ punctures) ...
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Operads and the Stable Module Category
I am seeking references to places where operads and their algebras have been studied for the stable module category. Colored operads are fine too.
Let $k$ be a field and $R$ a $k$-algebra. The stable ...
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Borel's presentation for the cohomology of a Flag Variety
If $G$ is a simple complex Lie group, $T\subset B\subset G$ is a choice of Borel and maximal torus, and $W$ is the Weyl group, then
1) $H^{*}(G/B,K)=K[T^{\vee}]/(K[T^\vee]^W_{+})$
and
2) $K[T^\vee]^...
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Quotients in Sums of Rings
Suppose we are given a commutative ring $R$ with a unit. Suppose that $R$ is the direct product of two rings $R\cong R_1\times R_2$. It's straightforward to show that any ideal $I\subset R$ maps to an ...
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Is the derived category of local systems equivalent to the derived category of sheaves of vector spaces with local system cohomology?
Let $k$ be a field and $X$ a topological space.
Write $\mathrm{Sh}(X)$ for the category of sheaves of vector spaces on $X$, and $\mathrm{Loc}(X)$ for the subcategory of local systems of finite ...
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Automorphism group of the special unitary group $SU(N)$
Let us consider the automorphism group of the special unitary group $G=SU(N)$.
We know there is an exact sequence:
$$
0 \to \text{Inn}(G) \to \text{Aut}(G) \to \text{Out}(G) \to 0.
$$
For $G=SU(2)...
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Homotopy fixed points of involutive automorphisms of discrete groups
$\DeclareMathOperator\Map{Map}$Precis: I am looking for a reference/explanation of a (general) computation of homotopy fixed points $(BG)^{h\Gamma}$ of a finite group $\Gamma$ acting on a discrete (...
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Specify the embedding of Lie groups (via the representation map) precisely as the embedding of two differentiable manifolds
How do we specify the embedding of a Lie group $G_1$ as a subgroup into a larger Lie group $G_2$, with $G_1 \subset G_2$ that agree with a constraint on the mapping between their representations?
By ...
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Cell decomposition for a variety not necessarily complete?
Let $X$ be an algebraic variety with a $\mathbb C^*$ action such that the fixpoints set is finite. By theorem 4.3 in the paper of Bialynicki-Birula "Some theorems on actions of algebraic groups", ...
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Specify the embedding of special unitary group in a Spin group via their representation map
How do we specify the embedding of a Lie group $G_1$ as a subgroup into a larger Lie group $G_2$, with $G_1 \subset G_2$ that agree with a constraint on the mapping between their representations?
By ...
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About decomposition theorem BBD with respect to some stratification
I want to follow up a question from here (how to deduce version 1.a. from version 1).
I know a version of decomposition theorem BBD:
Version 1. Let $f:X\to Y$ be a (surjective) proper map of complex ...
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Homotopy classes of homeomorphism vs. Homotopy classes of a biholomorphism
This is a more detailed question about my first question Representation theory and topology of Teichmüller space, I asked there how to understand:
$$T_{g}\hookrightarrow Hom(\pi_{1}({S}),PSL_{2}(\...
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