Torus graphs and simplicial posets (Q884428)

The authors define the notion of torus graph as a regular \(n\)-valent graph with vector labels on its edges, associated to a manifold acted on by the torus. It allows them to translate the important topological properties of torus manifolds into the language of combinatorics. The notion of equivariant cohomology of a torus graph is introduced and it is shown that it is isomorphic to the face ring of the associated simplicial poset. This extends a series of previous results on the equivariant cohomology of torus manifolds. As an application, it is proved that a simplicial poset is Cohen-Macaulay if its face ring is Cohen-Macaulay and thus the algebraic characterisation of Cohen-Macaulay posets is complete. Blow-ups of torus graphs and manifolds from both the algebraic and the topological points of view are also studied.