\(K\)-theory of weight varieties (Q554246)

From the abstract: Let \(T\) be a compact torus and \((M,\omega)\) a Hamiltonian \(T\)-space. We give a new proof of the \(K\)-theoretic analogue of the Kirwan surjectivity theorem in symplectic geometry [\textit{M. Harada} and \textit{G. D. Landweber}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 359, No. 12, 6001--6025 (2007; Zbl 1128.53057)] by using the equivariant version of the Kirwan map introduced in [\textit{R. F. Goldin}, Geom. Funct. Anal. 12, No. 3, 567--583 (2002; Zbl 1033.53072)]. We compute the kernel of this equivariant Kirwan map, and hence give a computation of the kernel of the Kirwan map. As an application, we find the presentation of the kernel of the Kirwan map for the \(T\)-equivariant \(K\)-theory of flag varieties \(G/T\), where \(G\) is a compact, connected and simply-connected Lie group. In the last section, we find explicit formulae for the \(K\)-theory of weight varieties.