Permutation actions on quiver Grassmannians for the equioriented cycle via GKM-theory (Q6100546)

Realizing a representation by geometric methods is very convenient, given the fruitful interplay between geometry and representation theory. A geometric action of an algebraic group can induce an action of the corresponding Weyl group on cohomology, as in the flag variety case. There are, however, cases in which the cohomology is equipped with a Weyl group action, which does not come from a geometric action on the variety, e.g., the Springer fibers or the Schubert varieties. Further varieties whose cohomology has a structure of a Weyl group representation are Hessenberg varieties. The authors equip quiver Grassmannians for nilpotent representations of the equioriented cycle with an action of an algebraic torus. They show that the equivariant cohomology ring is acted upon by a product of symmetric groups, and they investigate this permutation action via GKM techniques. In the case of (type A) flag varieties, or Schubert varieties, they recover Tymoczko's results on permutation representations.