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 -maximal and -Galois maximal, establishing a connection with Smith--Thom type inequalities in real algebraic geometry.
Cite
@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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