\(K\)-classes for matroids and equivariant localization (Q691564)
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\(K\)-classes for matroids and equivariant localization (English)
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3 December 2012
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In this paper authors associate a class in the K-theory of the Grassmannian to every matroid. They study this class by using the method of equivariant localization. In particular, they provide a geometric interpretation of the Tutte polynomial and they extend the second author's results concerning the behavior of such classes under direct sum, series and parallel connection, and two-sum. These results were previously only established for realizable matroids, and their earlier proofs were more difficult.
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matroid
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Tutte polynomial
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K-theory
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equivariant localization
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Grassmannian
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