Cohomology of generalized Dold spaces

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2022.108040MaRDI QIDQ2670100zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Manas Mandal, Parameswaran Sankaran

Publication date 10 March 2022

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.09107

zbMATH Keywords

complex Grassmann manifoldsgeneralized Dold manifoldsmod 2 cohomology algebratorus manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25) Toric topology (57S12)

Abstract: Let $(X,J)$ be an almost complex manifold with a (smooth) involution $sigma:XoX$ such that fix($sigma$) is non-empty. Assume that $sigma$ is a complex conjugation, i.e, the differential of $sigma$ anti-commutes with $J$. The space $P(m,X):=mathbb{S}^{m}imesX/!sim$ where $(v,x)sim(-v,sigma(x))$ was referred to as a generalized Dold manifold. The above definition admits an obvious generalization to a much wider class of spaces where $X,S$ are arbitrary topological spaces. The resulting space $P(S,X)$ will be called a generalized Dold space. When $S$ and $X$ are CW complexes satisfying certain natural requirements, we obtain a CW-structure on $P(S,X)$. Under certain further hypotheses, we determine the mod $2$ cohomology groups of $P(S,X)$. We determine the $mathbb{Z}_2$-cohomology algebra when $X$ is (i) a torus manifold whose torus orbit space is a homology polytope, (ii) a complex flag manifold. One of the main tools is the Stiefel-Whitney class formula for vector bundles over $P(S,X)$ associated to $sigma$-conjugate complex bundles over $X$ when the $S$ is a paracompact Hausdorff topological space, extending the validity of the formula, obtained earlier by Nath and Sankaran, in the case of generalized Dold manifolds.

Review text

The aim is to calculate the mod 2 cohomology algebra of some generalized Dold spaces. \par Let \((X,J)\) be an almost complex manifold with a smooth involution \(\sigma: X \rightarrow X\) such that \(\operatorname{Fix}(\sigma)\) is nonempty. Assume that the differential of \(\sigma\) anti-commutes with \(J\). The space \(P(m,X):=\mathbb S^m \times X/\sim\), where \((v,x)\sim (-v,\sigma(x))\), is a generalized Dold manifold. This definition admits an obvious generalization to a much wider class of spaces; the resulting space \(P(S,X)\), where \(X\), \(S\) are arbitrary topological spaces (\(S\) is instead of the sphere \(\mathbb S^m\)), is called a generalized Dold space. When \(S\) and \(X\) are CW-complexes, satisfying certain requirements, then \(P(S,X)\) has a CW-structure. Under certain further hypotheses, the authors determine the mod 2 cohomology groups of \(P(S,X)\). More precisely, they determine the \(\mathbb Z_2\)-cohomology algebra when \(X\) is (i) a torus manifold whose torus orbit space is a homology polytope, (ii) a complex flag manifold. As an application, they compute the equivariant cohomology ring \(H^*_{\mathbb Z_2}(X;\mathbb Z_2)\). \par The authors also extend the validity of a formula for Stiefel-Whitney classes, obtained by \textit{A. Nath} and \textit{P. Sankaran} [Osaka J. Math. 56, No. 1, 75--90 (2019; Zbl 1417.57023)], in the case of generalized Dold manifolds.

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