Combinatorial Models for the Variety of Complete Quadrics

Abstract: We develop several combinatorial models that are useful in the study of the

S L_{n}

-variety

m a t h c a l X

of complete quadrics. Barred permutations parameterize the fixed points of the action of a maximal torus

T

of

S L_{n}

, while

m u

-involutions parameterize the orbits of a Borel subgroup of

S L_{n}

. Using these combinatorial objects, we characterize the

T

-stable curves and surfaces on

m a t h c a l X

, compute the

T

-equivariant

K

-theory of

m a t h c a l X

, and describe a Bia{l}ynicki-Birula cell decomposition for

m a t h c a l X

. Furthermore, we give a computational characterization of the Bruhat order on Borel orbits in

m a t h c a l X

.

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