Equivariant oriented cohomology of flag varieties (Q273855)

Summary: Given an equivariant oriented cohomology theory \textsf{h}, a split reductive group \(G\), a maximal torus \(T\) in \(G\), and a parabolic subgroup \(P\) containing \(T\), we explain how the \(T\)-equivariant oriented cohomology ring \({\mathsf h}_T(G/P)\) can be identified with the dual of a coalgebra defined using exclusively the root datum of \((G,T)\), a set of simple roots defining \(P\) and the formal group law of \(\mathsf h\). In two papers [Math. Z. 282, No. 3--4, 1191--1218 (2016; Zbl 1362.14024); ``Push-pull operators on the formal affine Demazure algebra and its dual'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1312.0019}] we studied the properties of this dual and of some related operators by algebraic and combinatorial methods, without any reference to geometry. The present paper can be viewed as a companion paper, that justifies all the definitions of the algebraic objects and operators by explaining how to match them to equivariant oriented cohomology rings endowed with operators constructed using push-forwards and pull-backs along geometric morphisms. Our main tool is the pull-back to the \(T\)-fixed points of \(G/P\) which embeds the cohomology ring in question into a direct product of a finite number of copies of the \(T\)-equivariant oriented cohomology of a point.