Equivariant Cohomology of Projective Spaces

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Main Authors: Basu, Samik, Dey, Pinka, Karmakar, Aparajita
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author Basu, Samik
Dey, Pinka
Karmakar, Aparajita
author_facet Basu, Samik
Dey, Pinka
Karmakar, Aparajita
contents We compute the equivariant homology and cohomology of projective spaces with integer coefficients. More precisely, in the case of cyclic groups, we show that the cellular filtration of the projective space $P(kρ)$, of lines inside copies of the regular representation, yields a splitting of $H\underline{\mathbb{Z}}\bigwedge P(kρ)_+$ as a wedge of suspensions of $H\underline{\mathbb{Z}}$. This is carried out both in the complex case, and also in the quaternionic case, and further, for the $C_2$ action on $\mathbb{C} P^n$ by complex conjugation. We also observe that these decompositions imply a degeneration of the slice tower in these cases. Finally, we describe the cohomology of the projective spaces when $|G|=p^m$ of prime power order, with explicit formulas for $\underline{\mathbb{Z}_p}$-coefficients. Letting $k=\infty$, this also describes the equivariant homology and cohomology of the classifying spaces of $S^1$ and $S^3$.
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spellingShingle Equivariant Cohomology of Projective Spaces
Basu, Samik
Dey, Pinka
Karmakar, Aparajita
Algebraic Topology
We compute the equivariant homology and cohomology of projective spaces with integer coefficients. More precisely, in the case of cyclic groups, we show that the cellular filtration of the projective space $P(kρ)$, of lines inside copies of the regular representation, yields a splitting of $H\underline{\mathbb{Z}}\bigwedge P(kρ)_+$ as a wedge of suspensions of $H\underline{\mathbb{Z}}$. This is carried out both in the complex case, and also in the quaternionic case, and further, for the $C_2$ action on $\mathbb{C} P^n$ by complex conjugation. We also observe that these decompositions imply a degeneration of the slice tower in these cases. Finally, we describe the cohomology of the projective spaces when $|G|=p^m$ of prime power order, with explicit formulas for $\underline{\mathbb{Z}_p}$-coefficients. Letting $k=\infty$, this also describes the equivariant homology and cohomology of the classifying spaces of $S^1$ and $S^3$.
title Equivariant Cohomology of Projective Spaces
topic Algebraic Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14868