Orbifold cohomology of torus quotients

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-07-13912-7MaRDI QIDQ2642229zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Allen Knutson, Rebecca Goldin, Tara S. Holm

Publication date 20 August 2007

Published in Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0502429

Chern--Ruan ring flag manifolds orbifold cohomology torus quotient

Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Frobenius manifolds (53D45)

Abstract: We introduce the_inertial cohomology ring_ NH^*_T(Y) of a stably almost complex manifold carrying an action of a torus T. We show that in the case that Y has a locally free action by T, the inertial cohomology ring is isomorphic to the Chen-Ruan orbifold cohomology ring H_{CR}^*(Y/T) of the quotient orbifold Y/T. For Y a compact Hamiltonian T-space, we extend to orbifold cohomology two techniques that are standard in ordinary cohomology. We show that NH^*_T(Y) has a natural ring surjection onto H_{CR}^*(Y//T), where Y//T is the symplectic reduction of Y by T at a regular value of the moment map. We extend to NH^*_T(Y) the graphical GKM calculus (as detailed in e.g. [Harada-Henriques-Holm]), and the kernel computations of [Tolman-Weitsman, Goldin]. We detail this technology in two examples: toric orbifolds and weight varieties, which are symplectic reductions of flag manifolds. The Chen-Ruan ring has been computed for toric orbifolds, with Q coefficients, in [Borisov-Chen-Smith]); symplectic toric orbifolds obtained by reduction by a connected torus (though with different computational methods), and extend them to � coefficients in certain cases, including weighted projective spaces.

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From the abstract: We introduce the \textit{inertial cohomology ring} \(NH^*_T(Y)\) of a stably almost complex manifold carrying an action of a torus \(T\). We show that in the case that \(Y\) has a locally free action by \(T\), the inertial cohomology ring is isomorphic to the Chen-Ruan orbifold cohomology ring \(H_{CR}^*(Y/T)\) of the quotient orbifold \(Y/T\). For \(Y\) a compact Hamiltonian \(T\)-space, we extend to orbifold cohomology two techniques that are standard in ordinary cohomology. We show that \(NH^*_T(Y)\) has a natural ring surjection onto \(H_{CR}^*(Y//T)\), where \(Y//T\) is the symplectic reduction of \(Y\) by \(T\) at a regular value of the moment map. We extend to \(NH^*_T(Y)\) the graphical GKM calculus (as detailed in e.g. \textit{M. Harada, A. Henriques} and \textit{T. S. Holm} [Adv. Math. 197, No. 1, 198--221 (2005; Zbl 1110.55003)]), and the kernel computations of \textit{S. Tolman} and \textit{J. Weitsman} [Commun. Anal. Geom. 11, No. 4, 751--773 (2003; Zbl 1087.53076)] and \textit{R. F. Goldin} [Geom. Funct. Anal. 12, No. 3, 567--583 (2002; Zbl 1033.53072)]. We detail this technology in two examples: toric orbifolds and weight varieties, which are symplectic reductions of flag manifolds. The Chen-Ruan ring has been computed for toric orbifolds, with \(\mathbb Q\) coefficients, in \textit{L. A. Borisov} and \textit{L. Chen} and \textit{G. G. Smith} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 18, No. 1, 193--215 (2005; Zbl 1178.14057)]; symplectic toric orbifolds obtained by reduction by a connected torus (though with different computational methods), and extend them to \(\mathbb Z\) coefficients in certain cases, including weighted projective spaces.

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