Equivariant Schubert calculus

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Abstract: Let T be a torus acting on CCn in such a way that, for all 1leqkleqn, the induced action on the grassmannian G(k,n) has only isolated fixed points. This paper proposes a natural, elementary, explicit description of the corresponding T-equivariant Schubert calculus. In a suitable natural basis of the T-equivariant cohomology, seen as a module over the T-equivariant cohomology of a point, it is formally the same as the ordinary cohomology of a grassmann bundle. The main result, useful for computational purposes, is that the T-equivariant cohomology of G(k,n) can be realized as the quotient of a ring generated by derivations on the exterior algebra of a free module of rank n over the T-equivariant cohomology of a point.


Let \(G(k,n)\) be the complex Grassmannian space of all \(k\)-dimensional vector subspaces of \(\mathbb C^n\). Suppose that \(n\)-dimensional torus \(T\) acts on \(G(k,n)\) such that the fixed point locus is isolated. Then the integral \(T\)-equivariant cohomogy \(H^*_T (G(k,n))\) of complex Grassmannian space \(G(k,n)\) is isomorphic to a free module over the ring \(A:= H^*_T (pt)\) which is the integral \(T\)-equivariant cohomogy of a point. In this work the main result says that the ring structure of the \(A\)-algebra \(H^*_T (G(k,n))\) can be described by derivations on the exterior algebra of a free \(A\)-module of rank \(n\). Actually these derivations on the exterior algebra compute the coefficients in the \(T\)-equivariant Schubert calculus. Also the authors are giving the answer for determining of \(T\)-equivariant Pieri formula.




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