The equivariant Serre spectral sequence as an application of a spectral sequence of Spanier

E.H. Spanier (1992) has constructed, for a cohomology theory defined on a triangulated space and locally constant on each open simplex, a spectral sequence whose E₂-term consists of certain simplicial cohomology groups, converging to the cohomology of the space. In this paper we study a closed G-fibration ƒ: Y → X, where G is a finite group. We show that if the base-G-spaceX is equivariantly triangulated and Y is paracompact, then Spanier's spectral sequence yields an equivariant Serre spectral sequence for ƒ. The main point here is to identify the equivariant singular cohomology groups of X with appropriate simplicial cohomology groups of the orbit space X/G.     

Torus Actions, Equivariant Moment-Angle Complexes, and Coordinate Subspace Arrangements

We show that the cohomology algebra of the complement of a coordinate subspace arrangement in the m-dimensional complex space is isomorphic to the cohomology algebra of the StanleyReisner face ring of a certain simplicial complex on m vertices. (The face ring is regarded as a module over the polynomial ring on m generators.) After that we calculate the latter cohomology algebra by means of the standard Koszul resolution of a polynomial ring. To prove these facts, we construct a homotopy equivalence (equivariant with respect to the torus action) between the complement of a coordinate subspace arrangement and the moment-angle complex defined by a simplicial complex. The moment-angle complex is a certain subset of the unit polydisk in the m-dimensional complex space invariant with respect to the action of the m-dimensional torus. This complex is a smooth manifold provided that the simplicial complex is a simplicial sphere; otherwise, the complex has a more complicated structure. Then we investigate the equivariant topology of the moment-angle complex and apply the EilenbergMoore spectral sequence. We also relate our results with well-known facts in the theory of toric varieties and symplectic geometry. Bibliography: 23 titles.     

On cohomology algebras of complex subspace arrangements

The integer cohomology algebra of the complement of a complex subspace arrangement with geometric intersection lattice is completely determined by the combinatorial data of the arrangement. We give a combinatorial presentation of the cohomology algebra in the spirit of the Orlik-Solomon result on the cohomology algebras of complex hyperplane arrangements. Our methods are elementary: we work with simplicial models for the complements that are induced by combinatorial stratifications of complex space. We describe simplicial cochains that generate the cohomology. Among them we distinguish a linear basis, study cup product multiplication, and derive an algebra presentation in terms of generators and relations.

     

Künneth formulae and cross products for the symplectic Floer cohomology

For a symplectic monotone manifold (P,ω) and φSymp₀(P,ω), we define a -graded symplectic Floer cohomology (a local invariant) over integral coefficients. There is a spectral sequence which arises from a filtration on the -graded symplectic Floer cochain complex. The spectral sequence converges to the -graded symplectic Floer cohomology (a global invariant). We show that there are cross products on the -graded symplectic Floer cohomology and on the spectral sequence, hence on the usual -graded symplectic Floer cohomology. The Künneth formula for the -graded symplectic Floer cohomology is proved and similar results for the spectral sequence are obtained.     

Equivariant simplicial cohomology with local coefficients and its classification

We introduce equivariant twisted cohomology of a simplicial set equipped with simplicial action of a discrete group and prove that for suitable twisting function induced from a given equivariant local coefficients, the simplicial version of Bredon-Illman cohomology with local coefficients is isomorphic to equivariant twisted cohomology. The main aim of this paper is to prove a classification theorem for equivariant simplicial cohomology with local coefficients.     

Vanishing of cohomology groups of random simplicial complexes

We consider k‐dimensional random simplicial complexes generated from the binomial random (k + 1)‐uniform hypergraph by taking the downward‐closure. For 1 ≤ j ≤ k ? 1, we determine when all cohomology groups with coefficients in from dimension one up to j vanish and the zero‐th cohomology group is isomorphic to . This property is not deterministically monotone for this model, but nevertheless we show that it has a single sharp threshold. Moreover we prove a hitting time result, relating the vanishing of these cohomology groups to the disappearance of the last minimal obstruction. We also study the asymptotic distribution of the dimension of the j‐th cohomology group inside the critical window. As a corollary, we deduce a hitting time result for a different model of random simplicial complexes introduced by Linial and Meshulam, previously only known for dimension two.     

Coxeter cochain complexes

We define the Coxeter cochain complex of a Coxeter group (G, S) with coefficients in a ?[G]-module A. This is closely related to the complex of simplicial cochains on the abstract simplicial complex I(S) of the commuting subsets of S. We give some representative computations of Coxeter cohomology and explain the connection between the Coxeter cohomology for groups of type A, the (singular) homology of certain configuration spaces, and the (Tor) homology of certain local Artin rings.     

The ring structure on the cohomology of coordinate subspace arrangements

Every simplicial complex on the vertex set defines a real resp. complex arrangement of coordinate subspaces in resp. via the correspondence The linear structure of the cohomology of the complement of such an arrangement is explicitly given in terms of the combinatorics of and its links by the Goresky–MacPherson formula. Here we derive, by combinatorial means, the ring structure on the integral cohomology in terms of data of . We provide a non-trivial example of different cohomology rings in the real and complex case. Furthermore, we give an example of a coordinate arrangement that yields non-trivial multiplication of torsion elements. Received March 3, 1999; in final form June 24, 1999     

Homotopy classification of graded Picard categories

Certain low-dimensional symmetric cohomology groups of G-modules, for any given group G, are computed as the cohomology of an explicit cochain complex. This result is used to establish natural one-to-one correspondences between elements of the 3rd symmetric cohomology groups of G-modules, G-equivariant pointed 2-connected homotopy 4-types, and equivalence classes of G-graded Picard categories. The simplicial nerve of a G-graded Picard category is also constructed and studied.     

Chain homotopies for object topological representations

This paper presents a set of tools to compute topological information of simplicial complexes, tools that are applicable to extract topological information from digital pictures. A simplicial complex is encoded in a (non-unique) algebraic-topological format called AM-model. An AM-model for a given object K is determined by a concrete chain homotopy and it provides, in particular, integer (co)homology generators of K and representative (co)cycles of these generators. An algorithm for computing an AM-model and the cohomological invariant HB1 (derived from the rank of the cohomology ring) with integer coefficients for a finite simplicial complex in any dimension is designed here, extending the work done in [R. González-Díaz, P. Real, On the cohomology of 3D digital images, Discrete Appl. Math. 147 (2005) 245-263] in which the ground ring was a field. The concept of generators which are “nicely” representative is also presented. Moreover, we extend the definition of AM-models to 3D binary digital images and we design algorithms to update the AM-model information after voxel set operations (union, intersection, difference and inverse).     

Enriched homology and cohomology modules of simiplicial complexes

For a simplicial complex Δ on {1, 2,…, n} we define enriched homology and cohomology modules. They are graded modules over k[x ₁,…, x _n ] whose ranks are equal to the dimensions of the reduced homology and cohomology groups. We characterize Cohen-Macaulay, l-Cohen-Macaulay, Buchsbaum, and Gorenstein^* complexes Δ, and also orientable homology manifolds in terms of the enriched modules. We introduce the notion of girth for simplicial complexes and make a conjecture relating the girth to invariants of the simplicial complex. We also put strong vanishing conditions on the enriched homology modules and describe the simplicial complexes we then get. They are block designs and include Steiner systems S(c, d, n) and cyclic polytopes of even dimension. This paper is to a large extent a complete rewriting of a previous preprint, “Hierarchies of simplicial complexes via the BGG-correspondence”. Also Propositions 1.7 and 3.1 have been generalized to cell complexes in [11].     

Spectral Sequences on Combinatorial Simplicial Complexes

The goal of this paper is twofold. First, we give an elementary introduction to the usage of spectral sequences in the combinatorial setting. Second we list a number of applications.In the first group of applications the simplicial complex is the nerve of a poset; we consider general posets and lattices, as well as partition-type posets. Our last application is of a different nature: the -quotient of the complex of directed forests is a simplicial complex whose cell structure is defined combinatorially.     

Techniques,computations, and conjectures for semi-topological <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-theory

We establish the existence of an Atiyah-Hirzebruch-like spectral sequence relating the morphic cohomology groups of a smooth, quasi-projective complex variety to its semi-topological K-groups. This spectral sequence is compatible with (and, indeed, is built from) the motivic spectral sequence that relates the motivic cohomology and algebraic K-theory of varieties, and it is also compatible with the classical Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence in algebraic topology. In the second part of this paper, we use this spectral sequence in conjunction with another computational tool that we introduce — namely, a variation on the integral weight filtration of the Borel-Moore (singular) homology of complex varieties introduced by H. Gillet and C. Soulé – to compute the semi-topological K-theory of a large class of varieties. In particular, we prove that for curves, surfaces, toric varieties, projective rational three-folds, and related varieties, the semi-topological K-groups and topological K-groups are isomorphic in all degrees permitted by cohomological considerations. We also formulate integral conjectures relating semi-topological K-theory to topological K-theory analogous to more familiar conjectures (namely, the Quillen-Lichtenbaum and Beilinson-Lichtenbaum Conjectures) concerning mod-n algebraic K-theory and motivic cohomology. In particular, we prove a local vanishing result for morphic cohomology which enables us to formulate precisely a conjectural identification of morphic cohomology by A. Suslin. Our computations verify that these conjectures hold for the list of varieties above.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 19E20, 19E15, 14F43The first author was partially supported by the NSF and the NSAThe second author was supported by the Helen M. Galvin Fellowship of Northwestern UniversityThe third author was partially supported by the NSF and the NSA     

Socles of Buchsbaum modules, complexes and posets

The socle of a graded Buchsbaum module is studied and is related to its local cohomology modules. This algebraic result is then applied to face enumeration of Buchsbaum simplicial complexes and posets. In particular, new necessary conditions on face numbers and Betti numbers of such complexes and posets are established. These conditions are used to settle in the affirmative Kühnel's conjecture for the maximum value of the Euler characteristic of a 2k-dimensional simplicial manifold on n vertices as well as Kalai's conjecture providing a lower bound on the number of edges of a simplicial manifold in terms of its dimension, number of vertices, and the first Betti number.     

Groupoid cohomology and extensions

We show that Haefliger's cohomology for étale groupoids, Moore's cohomology for locally compact groups and the Brauer group of a locally compact groupoid are all particular cases of sheaf (or Cech) cohomology for topological simplicial spaces.

     

Cohomology of partially ordered sets and local cohomology of section rings

We study local cohomology of rings of global sections of sheafs on the Alexandrov space of a partially ordered set. We give a criterion for a splitting of the local cohomology groups into summands determined by the cohomology of the poset and the local cohomology of the stalks. The face ring of a rational pointed fan can be considered as the ring of global sections of a flasque sheaf on the face poset of the fan. Thus we obtain a decomposition of the local cohomology of such face rings. Since the Stanley-Reisner ring of a simplicial complex is the face ring of a rational pointed fan, our main result can be interpreted as a generalization of Hochster's decomposition of local cohomology of Stanley-Reisner rings.     

Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence calculation of function space cohomology

The purpose of this article is to introduce an Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence converging to the cohomology algebra of a function space with an adjunction space as its source. Computability of the spectral sequence is shown by determining explicitly the mod p cohomology algebra of the function space of maps from a non-orientable surface S to the classifying space of a simply-connected Lie group G whose homology is p-torsion free. Let M be a closed orientable 3-dimensional manifold. Applying the spectral sequence obtained from a Heegaard splitting of the manifold M, we also prove that is a direct summand of .Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):55T20, 57T35This research was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)14540095 from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.     

Complexes of Discrete Distributional Differential Forms and Their Homology Theory

Complexes of discrete distributional differential forms are introduced into finite element exterior calculus. Thus, we generalize a notion of Braess and Schöberl, originally studied for a posteriori error estimation. We construct isomorphisms between the simplicial homology groups of the triangulation, the discrete harmonic forms of the finite element complex, and the harmonic forms of the distributional finite element complexes. As an application, we prove that the complexes of finite element exterior calculus have cohomology groups isomorphic to the de Rham cohomology, including the case of partial boundary conditions. Poincaré–Friedrichs-type inequalities will be studied in a subsequent contribution.