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Gysin formulas and equivariant cohomology

Algebraic Topology 2023-05-30 v1

Abstract

Under Poincar\'e duality, a smooth map of compact oriented manifolds induces a pushforward map in cohomology, called the "Gysin map." It plays an important role in enumerative geometry. Using the equivariant localization formula, the author gave in 2017 a general formula for the Gysin map of a fiber bundle with equivariantly formal fibers. Equivariantly formal manifolds include all manifolds with cohomology in only even degrees such as complex projective spaces, Grassmannians, and flag manifolds as well as G/HG/H, where GG is a compact Lie group and HH is a closed subgroup of maximal rank. This article is a simplified exposition using the example of a projective bundle to illustrate the algorithm.

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@article{arxiv.2305.17509,
  title  = {Gysin formulas and equivariant cohomology},
  author = {Loring W. Tu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.17509},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

To be published in "Group Actions and Equivariant Cohomology", Contemporary Mathematics, AMS