English

The complex K ring of the flip Stiefel manifolds

K-Theory and Homology 2024-04-25 v1

Abstract

The flip Stiefel manifolds (FV_{m,2s}) are defined as the quotient of the real Stiefel manifolds (V_{m,2s}) induced by the simultaneous pairwise flipping of the co-ordinates by the cyclic group of order 2. We calculate the complex (K)-ring of the flip Stiefel manifolds, K(FVm,2s)K^\ast(FV_{m,2s}), for ss even. Standard techniques involve the representation theory of Spin(m),Spin(m), and the Hodgkin spectral sequence. However, the non-trivial element inducing the action doesn't readily yield the desired homomorphisms. Hence, by performing additional analysis, we settle the question for the case of (s \equiv 0 \pmod 2.)

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2404.15803,
  title  = {The complex K ring of the flip Stiefel manifolds},
  author = {Samik Basu and Shilpa Gondhali and Fathima Safikaa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.15803},
  year   = {2024}
}