Cellular homology of real flag manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.INDAG.2019.05.001MaRDI QIDQ2322928zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Lonardo Rabelo, Luiz A. B. San Martin

Publication date 5 September 2019

Published in Indagationes Mathematicae. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.00934

zbMATH Keywords

cellular homologyflag manifoldsSchubert cells

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homogeneous spaces and generalizations (14M17) Homogeneous complex manifolds (32M10) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Homology and cohomology of homogeneous spaces of Lie groups (57T15)

Abstract: Let $mathbb{F}_{Theta}=G/P_{Theta}$ be a generalized flag manifold, where $G$ is a real noncompact semi-simple Lie group and $P_{Theta}$ a parabolic subgroup. A classical result says the Schubert cells, which are the closure of the Bruhat cells, endow $mathbb{F}_{Theta}$ with a cellular CW structure. In this paper we exhibit explicit parametrizations of the Schubert cells by closed balls (cubes) in $mathbb{R}^n$ and use them to compute the boundary operator $partial$ for the cellular homology. We recover the result obtained by Kocherlakota [1995], in the setting of Morse Homology, that the coefficients of $partial$ are $0$ or $pm2$ (so that $mathbb{Z}_2$-homology is freely generated by the cells). In particular, the formula given here is more refined in the sense that the ambiguity of signals in the Morse-Witten complex is solved.

Review text

Let \(\mathbb{F}_\Theta= G/P_\Theta\) be a generalized flag manifold, where \(G\) is a real non-compact semi-simple Lie group and \(P_\Theta\) a parabolic subgroup. A classical result says that the Schubert cells, which are the closure of the Bruhat cells, endow \(\mathbb{F}_\Theta\) with a cellular \(CW\)-structure. The authors exhibit explicit parametrizations of the Schubert cells by closed balls (cubes) in the Euclidean space \(\mathbb{R}^n\) and use them to compute the boundary operator \(\partial\) for the cellular homology. Clearly the cellular and the Morse-Witten complexes are intimately related since the Bruhat cells are the unstable manifolds of the gradient flow of a Morse function (see [\textit{J. J. Duistermaat} et al., Compos. Math. 49, 309--398 (1983; Zbl 0524.43008)]). The result obtained by \textit{R. R. Kocherlakota} [Adv. Math. 110, No. 1, 1--46 (1995; Zbl 0832.22020)] in the realm of Morse Homology that the coefficients of \(\partial\) are \(0\) or \(\pm 2\) is recovered. But, the formula given here is more refined in the sense that the ambiguity of signals in the Morse-Witten complex is solved.

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