Superperverse intersection cohomology: stratification (in)dependence

DOI10.1007/S00209-005-0844-3MaRDI QIDQ2580979zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Greg Friedman

Publication date 10 January 2006

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407302

zbMATH Keywords

intersection cohomologyintersection homologystratificationsstratified spacessuperperversitiestopological invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stratifications; constructible sheaves; intersection cohomology (complex-analytic aspects) (32S60) Intersection homology and cohomology in algebraic topology (55N33) Stratifications in topological manifolds (57N80) Stratified sets (58A35)

Abstract: Within its traditional range of perversity parameters, intersection cohomology is a topological invariant of pseudomanifolds. This is no longer true once one allows superperversities, in which case intersection cohomology may depend on the choice of the stratification by which it is defined. Topological invariance also does not hold if one allows stratifications with codimension one strata. Nonetheless, both errant situations arise in important situations, the former in the Cappell-Shaneson superduality theorem and the latter in any discussion of pseudomanifold bordism. We show that while full invariance of intersection cohomology under restratification does not hold in this generality, it does hold up to restratifications that fix the the top stratum.

Review text

Intersection cohomology groups of stratified spaces depend on a perversity parameter, which is a function on the strata to the natural numbers satisfying certain conditions, and describes the extent to which the chains are allowed to violate general position in their intersections with the strata. Intersection cohomology groups with traditional perversities are known to be topological invariants on pseudomanifolds. When so-called superperversities are allowed (as in the superduality theorem of \textit{S. E. Cappell} and \textit{J. L. Shaneson} [Ann. Math. (2) 134, No. 2, 325--374 (1991; Zbl 0759.55002)]) or when stratifications with codimension one strata are allowed, topological invariance no longer holds. However, the author proves invariance in such situations for restratifications that fix the top stratum.

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