On torsion in the intersection cohomology of Schubert varieties

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2016.06.006MaRDI QIDQ514201zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Geordie Williamson

Publication date 28 February 2017

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.08295

zbMATH Keywords

intersection cohomologyperverse sheavesSchubert varietiesBott-Samelson resolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Classical problems, Schubert calculus (14N15) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55)

Abstract: We prove that the prime torsion in the local integral intersection cohomology of Schubert varieties in the flag variety of the general linear group grows exponentially in the rank. The idea of the proof is to find a highly singular point in a Schubert variety and calculate the Euler class of the normal bundle to the (miraculously smooth) fibre in a particular Bott-Samelson resolution. The result is a geometric version of an earlier result established using Soergel bimodule techniques.

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