Equivariant formality of isotropy actions

DOI10.1112/JLMS.12116zbMATH Open1401.55007OpenAlexW3124888134MaRDI QIDQ4572056FDOQ4572056

Authors: Jeffrey D. Carlson, Chi-Kwong Fok 

Publication date: 4 July 2018

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group and $K$ a connected Lie subgroup. In this paper, we collect an assortment of results on equivariant formality of the isotropy action of $K$ on $G/K$ and thus improving those from previous work. We show that if the isotropy action of $K$ on $G/K$ is equivariantly formal, then $G/K$ is formal in the sense of rational homotopy theory. This enables us to strengthen Shiga-Takahashi's theorem to a cohomological characterization of equivariant formality of isotropy actions. Using an analogue of equivariant formality in $K$-theory introduced by the second author and shown to be equivalent to equivariant formality in the usual sense, we provide a representation theoretic characterization of equivariant formality of isotropy actions, and give a new, uniform proof of equivariant formality for previously known examples of homogeneous spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.06228

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zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous spacesequivariant formality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equivariant homology and cohomology in algebraic topology (55N91) Rational homotopy theory (55P62) Equivariant (K)-theory (19L47) Homology and cohomology of homogeneous spaces of Lie groups (57T15)

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