Some computations in equivariant cobordism in relation to Milnor manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2014.04.016MaRDI QIDQ2452035zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Samik Basu, Goutam Mukherjee, Swagata Sarkar

Publication date 28 May 2014

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.6212

zbMATH Keywords

2-torus actionbordism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bordism and cobordism theories and formal group laws in algebraic topology (55N22) Equivariant cobordism (57R85) Finite transformation groups (57S17)

Abstract: Let $mathcal{N}_{\ast }$ be the unoriented cobordism algebra, let $$ and let $Z_{\ast }(G)$ denote the equivariant cobordism algebra of $G$-manifolds with finite stationary point sets. Let $epsilo{n}_{\ast }:Z_{\ast }(G)omathcal{N}_{\ast }$ be the homomorphism which forgets the $G$-action. We use Milnor manifolds (degree 1 hypersurfaces in $R{P}^{m}imesR{P}^n$) to construct non-trivial elements in $Z_{\ast }(G)$. We prove that these elements give rise to indecomposable elements in $Z_{\ast }(G)$ in degrees up to $2^n-5$. Moreover, in most cases these elements can be arranged to be in $mathitKer(epsilo{n}_{\ast })$.

Review text

The Milnor manifolds \({\mathcal H}(m,n)\), \(m\leq n\), are defined by \[ {\mathcal{H}}(m,n)=\{([x_0:\cdots:x_m],[y_0:\cdots:y_n])\mid \sum_{j=0}^m x_jy_j=0 \}\subset {\mathbb R}P^m\times {\mathbb R}P^n. \] In this paper the authors consider the natural action of the \(2\)-torus \(G={\mathbb Z}_2^n\) on \({\mathcal H}(m,n)\) and show, using a criterion proven in [\textit{G. Mukherjee} and \textit{P. Sankaran}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 126, No. 2, 595--606 (1998; Zbl 0889.57041)], that it often defines indecomposable elements in the equivariant cobordism ring \(Z_*(G)\) of smooth closed manifolds with a \(G\)-action having finite fixed point set. On the other hand, forgetting the group action, it is known which Milnor manifolds are boundaries [\textit{S. S. Khare} and \textit{A. K. Das}, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 31, No. 11, 1503--1513 (2000; Zbl 0967.57029)], thus the result provides information on the kernel of the forgetful homomorphism \(Z_*(G)\to {\mathcal N}_*\) to the ordinary unoriented cobordism ring.

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