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The biinvariant diagonal class for Hamiltonian torus actions

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Suppose that an algebraic torus GG acts algebraically on a projective manifold XX with generically trivial stabilizers. Then the Zariski closure of the set of pairs {(x,y)X×Xy=gxfor somegG}\{(x,y)\in X\times X\mid y=gx \text{for some}g\in G\} defines a nonzero equivariant cohomology class [ΔG]HG×G(X×X)[\Delta_G]\in H^*_{G\times G}(X\times X). We give an analogue of this construction in the case where XX is a compact symplectic manifold endowed with a hamiltonian action of a torus, whose complexification plays the role of GG. We also prove that the Kirwan map sends the class [ΔG][\Delta_G] to the class of the diagonal in each symplectic quotient. This allows to define a canonical right inverse of the Kirwan map.

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@article{arxiv.math/0412218,
  title  = {The biinvariant diagonal class for Hamiltonian torus actions},
  author = {Ignasi Mundet-i-Riera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412218},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

A substatially revised version of the paper "A right inverse to the Kirwan map". Improved exposition. Singular quotients are also considered in the new version. 23 pages. Accepted for publication in Adv. in Math

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