Morse theory on Hamiltonian G-spaces and equivariant K-theory

DOI10.4310/JDG/1098137837MaRDI QIDQ1767409zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mikhail Kogan, Victor Guillemin

Publication date 10 March 2005

Published in Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309312, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jdg/1098137837

zbMATH Keywords

equivariant K-theoryHamiltonian G-spacesMorse function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equivariant (K)-theory (19L47) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a torus and $M$ a compact Hamiltonian $G$-manifold with finite fixed point set $M^G$. If $T$ is a circle subgroup of $G$ with $M^G=M^T$, the $T$-moment map is a Morse function. We will show that the associated Morse stratification of $M$ by unstable manifolds gives one a canonical basis of $K_G(M)$. A key ingredient in our proof is the notion of local index $I_p(a)$ for $ain{K}_G(M)$ and $pin{M}^G$. We will show that corresponding to this stratification there is a basis $a{u}_p$, $pin{M}^G$, for $K_G(M)$ as a module over $K_G(pt)$ characterized by the property: $I_{q}a{u}_p=delt{a}_p^q$. For $M$ a GKM manifold we give an explicit construction of these $a{u}_p$'s in terms of the associated GKM graph.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a torus and \(M\) a compact Hamiltonian \(G\)-manifold with finite fixed point set \(M^{G}\). If \(T\) is a circle subgroup of \(G\) with \(M^{G}=M^{T}\) then it is well known that the corresponding \(T\)-momentum map is a Morse function. In the paper under review the authors show that the associated Morse stratification of \(M\) by unstable manifolds gives in a natural way a canonical basis of \(K_{G}M\). Also, some examples are nicely pointed out.

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