English

Real intersection homology

Algebraic Geometry 2017-12-27 v2

Abstract

We present a definition of intersection homology for real algebraic varieties that is analogous to Goresky and MacPherson's original definition of intersection homology for complex varieties.

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@article{arxiv.1701.08805,
  title  = {Real intersection homology},
  author = {Clint McCrory and Adam Parusinski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.08805},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

At the end of section 2 we have added a Proposition about factoring the Poincare duality map through intersection homology, and a discussion of general perversities

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