Poincaré polynomials of stable map spaces to Grassmannians (Q396497)

The calculations of Betti numbers is the first step to understand the Chow or the cohomology rings of spaces. \textit{E. Getzler} and \textit{R. Pandharipande} [J. Algebr. Geom. 15, No. 4, 709--732 (2006; Zbl 1114.14032)] computed the Betti numbers of the moduli spaces of genus 0 stable maps to projective spaces. They used the equivariant Serre characteristics and the stratification of the moduli spaces indexed by trees weighted by automorphisms. Their strata are described as quotients of fibered products of vertex moduli spaces by the group of tree automorphisms. \textit{K. Behrend} and \textit{A. O'Halloran} [Invent. Math. 154, No. 2, 385--450 (2003; Zbl 1092.14019)] used the Betti number calculations for the calculation of the cohomology rings of these moduli spaces. Bialynicki-Birula developed a powerful method in 70's, which enables one to compute Betti numbers of a space with torus action by means of the information from the fixed loci. \textit{D. Oprea} [Adv. Math. 207, No. 2, 661--690 (2006; Zbl 1117.14056)] used this idea to find a ``cell-decomposition'' of the moduli stack of the stable maps to projective spaces. The paper under review uses this to compute the Betti numbers \(\overline{M}_{0,0}(G(k,n),d)\) the moduli stack of zero-pointed genus 0 stable maps to the Grassmannian \(G(k,n)\) for \(d=2\) and \(3\).