Equivariant cohomology distinguishes toric manifolds

The equivariant cohomology of a space with a group action is not only a ring but also an algebra over the cohomology ring of the classifying space of the acting group. We prove that toric manifolds (i.e. compact smooth toric varieties) are isomorphic as varieties if and only if their equivariant cohomology algebras are weakly isomorphic. We also prove that quasitoric manifolds, which can be thought of as a topological counterpart to toric manifolds, are equivariantly homeomorphic if and only if their equivariant cohomology algebras are isomorphic.     

The Betti Numbers of Real Toric Varieties Associated to Weyl Chambers of Type B

The authors compute the (rational) Betti number of real toric varieties associated to Weyl chambers of type B,and furthermore show that their integral cohomology is p-torsion free for all odd primes p.     

Exotic torus manifolds and equivariant smooth structures on quasitoric manifolds

In 2006 Masuda and Suh asked if two compact non-singular toric varieties having isomorphic cohomology rings are homeomorphic. In the first part of this paper we discuss this question for topological generalizations of toric varieties, so-called torus manifolds. For example we show that there are homotopy equivalent torus manifolds which are not homeomorphic. Moreover, we characterize those groups which appear as the fundamental groups of locally standard torus manifolds. In the second part we give a classification of quasitoric manifolds and certain six-dimensional torus manifolds up to equivariant diffeomorphism. In the third part we enumerate the number of conjugacy classes of tori in the diffeomorphism group of torus manifolds. For torus manifolds of dimension greater than six there are always infinitely many conjugacy classes. We give examples which show that this does not hold for six-dimensional torus manifolds.     

The -theory of toric manifolds

Toric manifolds, a topological generalization of smooth projective toric varieties, are determined by an -dimensional simple convex polytope and a function from the set of codimension-one faces into the primitive vectors of an integer lattice. Their cohomology was determined by Davis and Januszkiewicz in 1991 and corresponds with the theorem of Danilov-Jurkiewicz in the toric variety case. Recently it has been shown by Buchstaber and Ray that they generate the complex cobordism ring. We use the Adams spectral sequence to compute the -theory of all toric manifolds and certain singular toric varieties.

     

On the Kernel of the Borel’s Characteristic Map of Lie Groups

For compact and connected Lie group $G$ with a maximal torus $T$ the quotient space $G/T$ is canonically a smooth projective manifold, known as the complete flag manifold of the group $G.$ The cohomology ring map $c^∗: H^∗ (B_T) → H^∗ (G/T)$ induced by the inclusion $c:G/T→B_T$ is called the Borel’s characteristic map of the group $G [7, 8],$ where $B_T$ denotes the classifying space of $T.$ Let $G$ be simply-connected and simple. Based on the Schubert presentation of the cohomology $H^∗ (G/T)$ of the flag manifold $G/T$ obtained in $[10, 11],$ we develop a method to find a basic set of explicit generators for the kernel ker$c^∗ ⊂ H^∗ (B_T)$ of the characteristic map $c.$     

Small Cover的L-S畴数

我们证明了如下结论:任意n维small cover的Lusternik-Schnirelmann畴数等于n;任意2n维toric-流形的Lusternik-Schnirelmann畴数等于n.我们的结果依赖于如下两个事实,一个是不等式cup(M)≤cat(M)≤dim(M)/r,它导致我们去计算cup(M).另一个事实是环面拓扑流形上同调环的明确表示,该表示使得cup(M)的计算变得容易.最后,我们进一步推广了相关结论.     

Obstructions to toric integrable geodesic flows in dimension 3

The geodesic flow of a Riemannian metric on a compact manifold Q is said to be toric integrable if it is completely integrable and the first integrals of motion generate a homogeneous torus action on the punctured cotangent bundle T ^* Q\Q. If the geodesic flow is toric integrable, the cosphere bundle admits the structure of a contact toric manifold. By comparing the Betti numbers of contact toric manifolds and cosphere bundles, we are able to provide necessary conditions for the geodesic flow on a compact, connected 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold to be toric integrable.Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): primary 53D25; secondary 53D10     

Geometric cohomology frames on Hausmann-Holm-Puppe conjugation spaces

For certain manifolds with an involution the mod 2 cohomology ring of the set of fixed points is isomorphic to the cohomology ring of the manifold, up to dividing the degrees by two. Examples include complex projective spaces and Grassmannians with the standard antiholomorphic involution (with real projective spaces and Grassmannians as fixed point sets).

Hausmann, Holm and Puppe have put this observation in the framework of equivariant cohomology, and come up with the concept of conjugation spaces, where the ring homomorphisms arise naturally from the existence of what they call cohomology frames. Much earlier, Borel and Haefliger had studied the degree-halving isomorphism between the cohomology rings of complex and real projective spaces and Grassmannians using the theory of complex and real analytic cycles and cycle maps into cohomology.

The main result in the present note gives a (purely topological) connection between these two results and provides a geometric intuition into the concept of a cohomology frame. In particular, we see that if every cohomology class on a manifold with involution is the Thom class of an equivariant topological cycle of codimension twice the codimension of its fixed points (inside the fixed point set of ), these topological cycles will give rise to a cohomology frame.

     

环流形上的极值度量——存在性和K-稳定性

本文主要研究环流形上的极值度量的存在性和K-稳定性.本文将Donaldson关于环流形上有关常数量曲率度量的稳定性概念的约化推广到一般的极值度量的情形.通过这个约化,本文证明环流形上极值度量的存在性可以推出流形对于环形变的相对K-稳定性.在不知道是否存在极值度量的情形下,本文还给出环流形相对K-稳定的一个充分性条件.对环曲面的情形,基于Arrezo-Pacard-Singer的工作,本文证明任意一个环曲面上存在含有极值度量的Ka¨hler类,并给出一些环曲面上有不存在极值度量的K¨ahler类的例子.关于一般的环流形上的极值度量的存在性,本文用变分方法研究其弱解,证明在能量泛函逆紧性假设下,存在弱极小化子.     

Lagrangian Floer theory on compact toric manifolds II: bulk deformations

This is a continuation of part I in the series of the papers on Lagrangian Floer theory on toric manifolds. Using the deformations of Floer cohomology by the ambient cycles, which we call bulk deformations, we find a continuum of non-displaceable Lagrangian fibers on some compact toric manifolds. We also provide a method of finding all fibers with non-vanishing Floer cohomology with bulk deformations in arbitrary compact toric manifolds, which we call bulk-balanced Lagrangian fibers.     

Cohomological non-rigidity of generalized real Bott manifolds of height 2

We investigate the following problem: When do two generalized real Bott manifolds of height 2 have isomorphic cohomology rings with ?/2 coefficients and also when are they diffeomorphic? It turns out that in general cohomology rings with ?/2 coefficients do not distinguish those manifolds up to diffeomorphism. This gives a negative answer to the cohomological rigidity problem for real toric manifolds posed earlier by Y. Kamishima and the present author. We also prove that generalized real Bott manifolds of height 2 are diffeomorphic if they are homotopy equivalent.     

Kac-Moody群及其旗流形的庞加莱级数和有理同伦型

研究了不定型的Kac-Moody群及其旗流形的有理上同调.通过从庞加莱级数提取关于同调的信息,能够决定Kac-Moody群及其旗流形的有理上同调环.因为这些空间都是有理formal的空间,也决定了它们的有理同伦群及有理同伦型.     

Topological structure of candidates for positive curvature

In light of recent advances in the study of manifolds admitting Riemannian metrics of positive sectional curvature, the study of certain infinite families of seven dimensional manifolds has become a matter of interest. We determine the cohomology ring structures of manifolds belonging to these families. This particular ring structure indicates the existence of topological invariants distinguishing the corresponding homeomorphism and diffeomorphism type. We show that all families contain representatives of infinitely many homotopy types.     

Counting generic genus- curves on Hirzebruch surfaces

Hirzebruch surfaces provide an excellent example to underline the fact that in general symplectic manifolds, Gromov-Witten invariants might well count curves in the boundary components of the moduli spaces. We use this example to explain in detail that the counting argument given by Batyrev for toric manifolds does not work.

     

The J-flow on toric manifolds

We study the long time behavior of J-flows on toric manifolds. By introducing the transition maps between moment maps, we get a quasilinear parabolic system for J-flows. Some basic estimates for transition maps are obtained.     

Rational versus real cohomology algebras of low-dimensional toric varieties

We show that the real cohomology algebra of a compact toric variety of complex dimension  is determined, up to isomorphism, by the combinatorial data of its defining fan. Surprisingly enough, this is no longer the case when taking rational coefficients. Moreover, we show that neither the rational nor the real or complex cohomology algebras of compact quasi-smooth toric varieties are combinatorial invariants in general.

     

Topology of Moment-Angle Manifolds Arising from Flag Nestohedra

The author constructs a family of manifolds, one for each n ≥ 2, having a nontrivial Massey n-product in their cohomology for any given n. These manifolds turn out to be smooth closed 2-connected manifolds with a compact torus Tm-action called momentangle manifolds ZP, whose orbit spaces are simple n-dimensional polytopes P obtained from an n-cube by a sequence of truncations of faces of codimension 2 only(2-truncated cubes). Moreover, the polytopes P are flag nestohedra but not graph-associahedra. The author also describes the numbers β~(-i,2(i+1))(Q) for an associahedron Q in terms of its graph structure and relates it to the structure of the loop homology(Pontryagin algebra)H_*(?ZQ), and then studies higher Massey products in H*(ZQ) for a graph-associahedron Q.     

On toric face rings

Following a construction of Stanley we consider toric face rings associated to rational pointed fans. This class of rings is a common generalization of the concepts of Stanley-Reisner and affine monoid algebras. The main goal of this article is to unify parts of the theories of Stanley-Reisner and affine monoid algebras. We consider (non-pure) shellable fan’s and the Cohen-Macaulay property. Moreover, we study the local cohomology, the canonical module and the Gorenstein property of a toric face ring.     

On the cohomology rings of small categories

Let C be a small category and R a commutative ring with identity. The cohomology ring of C with coefficients in R is defined as the cohomology ring of the topological realization of its nerve. First we give an example showing that this ring modulo nilpotents is not finitely generated in general, even when the category is finite EI. Then we study the relationship between the cohomology ring of a category and those of its subcategories and extensions. The main results generalize certain theorems in group cohomology theory.