On the difference between real and complex arrangements

DOI10.1007/BF02571638zbMATH Open0789.57018arXivalg-geom/9202005OpenAlexW2142262686MaRDI QIDQ1319293FDOQ1319293

Authors: Günter M. Ziegler 

Publication date: 14 June 1994

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $B$ be an arrangement of linear complex hyperplanes in $C^d$. Then a classical result by Orlik & Solomon asserts that the cohomology algebra of the complement can be constructed from the combinatorial data that are given by the intersection lattice. If $B^{\prime }$ is, more generally, a $2$-arrangement in $R^{2d}$ (an arrangement of real subspaces of codimension $2$ with even-dimensional intersections), then the intersection lattice still determines the cohomology {it groups} of the complement, as was shown by Goresky & MacPherson. We prove, however, that for $2$-arrangements the cohomology {it algebra} is not determined by the intersection lattice. It encodes extra information on sign patterns, which can be computed from determinants of linear relations or, equivalently, from linking coefficients in the sense of knot theory. This also allows us (in the case $d=2$) to identify arrangements with the same lattice but different fundamental groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9202005

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zbMATH Keywords

cohomology algebracombinatorial dataintersection lattice2-arrangement in \(\mathbb{R}^{2d}\)arrangement of complex hyperplanesarrangement of real subspaces of codimension 2linking coefficients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological properties in algebraic geometry (14F45) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Classical real and complex (co)homology in algebraic geometry (14F25)

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