Homomorphisms between Bott-Samelson bimodules corresponding to sequences of reflections

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Main Author: Shchigolev, Vladimir
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contents We study the space of all bimodule homomorphisms $R_x\otimes_R R(\underline{t})\otimes_R R_y\to R_z\otimes_R R(\underline{t}')\otimes_R R_w$ as a one-sided module, where $R_x,R_y,R_z,R_w$ are standard twisted bimodules and $R(\underline{t})$ and $R(\underline{t}')$ are the Bott-Samelson bimodules corresponding to sequences of reflections $\underline{t}$ and $\underline{t}'$ respectively. We prove that this module is always reflexive under some reasonable restrictions on the representation of the underlying Coxeter group. However, unlike the case where $\underline{t}$ and $\underline{t}'$ contain only simple reflections, this module does not need any longer to be free. We provide a series of counterexamples already for the symmetric groups $S_n$, where $n\ge4$. The projective dimension of the modules dual to them is $n-3$ and thus serves to measure the deviation from the free modules. When placed within a geometric framework, these examples show how to find fibers of points fixed by the compact torus in the Bott-Samelson resolutions (as in the original definition by Raoul Bott and Hans Samelson) with non-vanishing odd cohomology.
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spellingShingle Homomorphisms between Bott-Samelson bimodules corresponding to sequences of reflections
Shchigolev, Vladimir
Representation Theory
Commutative Algebra
Group Theory
20F55, 14M15, 55N91
We study the space of all bimodule homomorphisms $R_x\otimes_R R(\underline{t})\otimes_R R_y\to R_z\otimes_R R(\underline{t}')\otimes_R R_w$ as a one-sided module, where $R_x,R_y,R_z,R_w$ are standard twisted bimodules and $R(\underline{t})$ and $R(\underline{t}')$ are the Bott-Samelson bimodules corresponding to sequences of reflections $\underline{t}$ and $\underline{t}'$ respectively. We prove that this module is always reflexive under some reasonable restrictions on the representation of the underlying Coxeter group. However, unlike the case where $\underline{t}$ and $\underline{t}'$ contain only simple reflections, this module does not need any longer to be free. We provide a series of counterexamples already for the symmetric groups $S_n$, where $n\ge4$. The projective dimension of the modules dual to them is $n-3$ and thus serves to measure the deviation from the free modules. When placed within a geometric framework, these examples show how to find fibers of points fixed by the compact torus in the Bott-Samelson resolutions (as in the original definition by Raoul Bott and Hans Samelson) with non-vanishing odd cohomology.
title Homomorphisms between Bott-Samelson bimodules corresponding to sequences of reflections
topic Representation Theory
Commutative Algebra
Group Theory
20F55, 14M15, 55N91
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16742