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Classification of problematic subgroups of U(n)

Algebraic Topology 2017-10-19 v4

Abstract

We classify p-toral subgroups of U(n) that can have non-contractible fixed points under the action of U(n) on the complex of partitions of complex n-space into mutually orthogonal subspaces.

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@article{arxiv.1407.0062,
  title  = {Classification of problematic subgroups of U(n)},
  author = {Julia E. Bergner and Ruth Joachimi and Kathryn Lesh and Vesna Stojanoska and Kirsten Wickelgren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.0062},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

50 pages. Minor expansion of the previous version, adding material on homotopy fixed points and pushout squares

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