Equivariant cohomology of real flag manifolds

Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Homology and cohomology of homogeneous spaces of Lie groups (57T15)

Abstract: Let

P = G / K

be a semisimple non-compact Riemannian symmetric space, where

G = I_{0} (P)

and

K = G_{p}

is the stabilizer of

p i n P

. Let

X

be an orbit of the (isotropy) representation of

K

on

T_{p} (P)

(

X

is called a real flag manifold). Let

K_{0} s u b s e t K

be the stabilizer of a maximal flat, totally geodesic submanifold of

P

which contains

p

. We show that if all the simple root multiplicities of

G / K

are at least 2 then

K_{0}

is connected and the action of

K_{0}

on

X

is equivariantly formal. In the case when the multiplicities are equal and at least 2, we will give a purely geometric proof of a formula of Hsiang, Palais and Terng concerning

H^{*} (X)

. In particular, this gives a conceptually new proof of Borel's formula for the cohomology ring of an adjoint orbit of a compact Lie group.

Review text

This paper studies equivariant cohomology of real flag manifolds. Let \(P=G/K\) be a semisimple non compact Riemannian symmetric space, where \(K=G_p\) is the stabilizer of \(p \in P\). Let \(X= \text{Ad}(K)x_0 \subset T_p(P)\) be the orbit, which is called a real flag manifold. Let \(K_0 \subset K\) be the stabilizer of a maximal flat, totally geodesic submanifold of \(P\) which contains \(p\). The author verifies that if all the simple root multiplicities of \(G/K \) are at least \(2\), then \(K_0\) is connected and the action of \(K_0\) on \(X\) is equivariantly formal in the sense of an isomorphism \(H_{K_0}^*(X) \cong H^*(X) \otimes H_ {K_0}^*(pt)\) as \(H_{K_0}^*(pt)\) modules. Several isomorphisms on \(H^*(X)\) are also obtained from points of view of representation theory.

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