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

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

a i n K_{G} (M)

and

p i n M^{G}

. We will show that corresponding to this stratification there is a basis

a u_{p}

,

p i n M^{G}

, for

K_{G} (M)

as a module over

K_{G} (p t)

characterized by the property:

I_{q} a u_{p} = d e l t 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.

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