Toric orbifolds associated with partitioned weight polytopes in classical types

Abstract: Given a root system

P h i

of type

A_{n}

,

B_{n}

,

C_{n}

, or

D_{n}

in Euclidean space

E

, let

W

be the associated Weyl group. For a point

p i n E

not orthogonal to any of the roots in

P h i

, we consider the

W

-permutohedron

P_{W}

, which is the convex hull of the

W

-orbit of

p

. The representation of

W

on the rational cohomology ring

H^{a} s t (X_{P} h i)

of the toric variety

X_{P} h i

associated to (the normal fan to)

P_{W}

has been studied by various authors. Let

s_{1}, l d o t s, s_{n}

be a complete set of simple reflections in

W

. For

K s u b s e t e q [n]

, let

W_{K}

be the standard parabolic subgroup of

W

generated by

s_{k} : k i n K

. We show that the fixed subring

H^{a} s t (X_{P} h i)^{W_{K}}

is isomorphic to the cohomology ring of the toric variety

X_{P} h i (K)

associated to a polytope obtained by intersecting

P_{W}

with half-spaces bounded by reflecting hyperplanes for the given generators of

W_{K}

. By a result of Balibanu--Crooks, the cohomology rings

H^{a} s t (X_{P} h i (K))

are isomorphic with cohomology rings of certain regular Hessenberg varieties.

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