K-theory of Springer varieties

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to describe the topological

K

-ring, in terms of generators and relations, of a Springer variety

m a t h c a l F_{l a m b d a}

of type

A

associated to a nilpotent operator having Jordan canonical form whose block sizes form a weakly decreasing sequence

l a m b d a = (l a m b d a_{1}, l d o t s, l a m b d a_{l})

. Our description parallels the description of the integral cohomology ring of

m a t h c a l F_{l a m b d a}

due to Tanisaki and also the equivariant analogue due to Abe and Horiguchi.

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