Nilpotent cone and bivariant theory

DOI10.1007/S00025-023-01989-1MaRDI QIDQ6076663zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vincenzo di Gennaro, Davide Franco, Carmine Sessa

Publication date 21 September 2023

Published in Results in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.13003

zbMATH Keywords

bivariant theorydecomposition theoremnilpotent coneSpringer theoryWeyl group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30)

Abstract: We exhibit a new proof, relying on bivariant theory, that the nilpotent cone is rationally smooth. Our approach enables us to prove a slightly more general statement.

Review text

The authors prove that the nilpotent cone is a rational homology manifold, in which the approach used was based on the bivariant theory founded by \textit{W. Fulton} and \textit{R. MacPherson} [Categorical framework for the study of singular spaces. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS) (1981; Zbl 0467.55005)] and differently from the approach of Borho and MacPherson's demonstration in [\textit{W. Borho} and \textit{R. MacPherson}, Astérisque 101--102, 23--74 (1983; Zbl 0576.14046)]. In the context of this article, the fact the nilpotent cone is a rational homology manifold can be seen as an easy consequence of a characterization of homology manifolds. Furthermore, it wis deduced that the nilpotent cone \(\mathcal{N}\) is an \(A\)-homology manifold for every Noetherian commutative ring with identity \(A\) for which \(\delta\) is a unit. For instance, for the variety \(\mathcal{N}\) of nilpotent matrices in \(GL(n,\mathbb{C})\), we have \(\delta=n!\). Therefore, in this case, \(\mathcal{N}\) is also a \(\mathbb{Z}_h\)-homology manifold for every integer \(h\) relatively prime with \(n!\) in \(\mathbb{Z}\).

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