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A smooth projective variety with an action of a torus admits a cell decomposition, called the Bialynicki-Birula decomposition. Singularities of the closures of these cells are not well-known. One of the examples of such closures is a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Jaehyun Hong , Eunjeong Lee , Seonjeong Park

It is well-known that the $T$-fixed points of a Schubert variety in the flag variety $GL_n(\mathbb{C})/B$ can be characterized purely combinatorially in terms of Bruhat order on the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_n$. In a recent preprint,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-09 Megumi Harada , Martha Precup

We study geometric and topological properties of Hessenberg varieties of codimension one in the type A flag variety. Our main results: (1) give a formula for the Poincar\'e polynomial, (2) characterize when these varieties are irreducible,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Laura Escobar , Martha Precup , John Shareshian

Let $n$ be a fixed positive integer and $h: \{1,2,...,n\} \rightarrow \{1,2,...,n\}$ a Hessenberg function. The main result of this manuscript is to give a systematic method for producing an explicit presentation by generators and relations…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-07 Hiraku Abe , Megumi Harada , Tatsuya Horiguchi , Mikiya Masuda

This paper studies the geometry and combinatorics of three interrelated varieties: Springer fibers, Steinberg varieties, and parabolic Hessenberg varieties. We prove that each parabolic Hessenberg variety is the pullback of a Steinberg…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Martha Precup , Julianna Tymoczko

Flag varieties are well-known algebraic varieties with many important geometric, combinatorial, and representation theoretic properties. A Hessenberg variety is a subvariety of a flag variety identified by two parameters: an element $X$ of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Elizabeth Drellich

This article surveys recent developments on Hessenberg varieties, emphasizing some of the rich connections of their cohomology and combinatorics. In particular, we will see how hyperplane arrangements, representations of symmetric groups,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Hiraku Abe , Tatsuya Horiguchi

We define certain closed subvarieties of the flag variety, Hessenberg ideal fibers, and prove that they are paved by affines. Hessenberg ideal fibers are a natural generalization of Springer fibers. In type $G_2$, we give explicit…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-28 Ke Xue

Let $G$ be a complex semisimple linear algebraic group. Fix a subset $\Theta$ of simple roots. Given a lower ideal $I$ in positive roots, one can define the regular nilpotent Hessenberg variety $\mbox{Hess}(N,I)$ in the full flag variety…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-12 Tatsuya Horiguchi

Hessenberg varieties $\mathcal{H}(X,H)$ form a class of subvarieties of the flag variety $G/B$, parameterized by an operator $X$ and certain subspaces $H$ of the Lie algebra of $G$. We identify several families of Hessenberg varieties in…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-25 Rebecca Goldin , Julianna Tymoczko

Hessenberg varieties are subvarieties of the flag variety parametrized by a linear operator $X$ and a nondecreasing function $h$. The family of Hessenberg varieties for regular $X$ is particularly important: they are used in quantum…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Erik Insko , Julianna Tymoczko , Alexander Woo

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a complex semisimple Lie algebra. For a regular element $x$ in $\mathfrak{g}$ and a Hessenberg space $H\subseteq \mathfrak{g}$, we consider a regular Hessenberg variety $X(x,H)$ in the flag variety associated with…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Hiraku Abe , Naoki Fujita , Haozhi Zeng

Let $n$ be a fixed positive integer and $h: \{1,2,\ldots,n\} \rightarrow \{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ a Hessenberg function. The main results of this paper are twofold. First, we give a systematic method, depending in a simple manner on the Hessenberg…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-01 Hiraku Abe , Megumi Harada , Tatsuya Horiguchi , Mikiya Masuda

The Springer variety is the set of flags stabilized by a nilpotent operator. In 1976, T.A. Springer observed that this variety's cohomology ring carries a symmetric group action, and he offered a deep geometric construction of this action.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-12-06 Aba Mbirika

Regular nilpotent Hessenberg varieties form a family of subvarieties of the flag variety arising in the study of quantum cohomology, geometric representation theory, and numerical analysis. In this paper we construct a paving by affines of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Julianna S. Tymoczko

Let $n$ be a positive integer. The main result of this manuscript is a construction of a filtration on the cohomology ring of a regular nilpotent Hessenberg variety in $GL(n,{\mathbb{C}})/B$ such that its associated graded ring has graded…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-12 Megumi Harada , Tatsuya Horiguchi , Satoshi Murai , Martha Precup , Julianna Tymoczko

We aim in this manuscript to describe a specific notion of geometric positivity that manifests in cohomology rings associated to the flag variety $G/B$ and, in some cases, to subvarieties of $G/B$. We offer an exposition on the the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Rebecca Goldin

A regular semisimple Hessenberg variety $\mathrm{Hess}(S,h)$ is a smooth subvariety of the full flag variety $\mathrm{Fl}(\mathbb{C}^n)$ associated with a regular semisimple matrix $S$ of order $n$ and a function $h$ from $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-03 Donghoon Jang , Shintarô Kuroki , Mikiya Masuda , Takashi Sato , Haozhi Zeng

A Richardson variety in a flag variety is an intersection of two Schubert varieties defined by transverse flags. We define and study relative Richardson varieties, which are defined over a base scheme with a vector bundle and two flags. To…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Melody Chan , Nathan Pflueger

A \emph{Hessenberg Schubert variety} is an irreducible component of the intersection of a Schubert variety and a Hessenberg variety, defined as the closure of a Schubert cell intersected with the Hessenberg variety. We consider the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Soojin Cho , JiSun Huh , Seonjeong Park