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Purity of quaternionic conjugation spaces

Algebraic Topology 2026-05-12 v1

Abstract

Conjugation spaces relate the cohomology of a space and its fixed points via a degree-halving isomorphism and admit a characterization in terms of homological purity. We extend this framework to the Klein four group, where the corresponding structures exhibit a degree-quartering behavior governed by Dickson invariants. Under a mild assumption, we prove that quaternionic conjugation spaces are homologically pure. As an application, we show that such spaces are both K4\mathcal{K}_4-maximal and K4\mathcal{K}_4-Galois maximal, establishing a connection with Smith--Thom type inequalities in real algebraic geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2605.09130,
  title  = {Purity of quaternionic conjugation spaces},
  author = {Surojit Ghosh and Ankit Kumar and Lakshit Pande},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.09130},
  year   = {2026}
}

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16 pages. Comments are welcome!

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