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Rational stable homotopy type of equivariant projective spaces and Grassmannians

Algebraic Topology 2026-01-07 v1

Abstract

We prove explicit rational stable splittings of equivariant complex projective spaces CP(V)\mathbb{C}P(V) and Grassmannians Grn(V)Gr_n(V), for complex representations VV. When VV is a sum of one-dimensional representations, both CP(V)\mathbb{C}P(V) and Grn(V)Gr_n(V) are rationally a wedge of representation spheres. For general finite groups GG and VV a sum of irreducible representations which are not necessarily one-dimensional, we show that CP(V)\mathbb{C}P(V) splits rationally as a wedge of Thom spaces over irreducible factors in VV. For Grn(V)Gr_n(V), the factors in the corresponding rational splitting are a smash product of Thom spaces over lower Grassmannians on irreducible factors in VV.

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@article{arxiv.2601.02940,
  title  = {Rational stable homotopy type of equivariant projective spaces and Grassmannians},
  author = {Samik Basu and Vanny Doem and Chandal Nahak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02940},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages