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Bia{\l}ynicki-Birula decomposition for reductive groups

Algebraic Geometry 2018-12-24 v3 Representation Theory

Abstract

We generalize the Bia{\l}ynicki-Birula decomposition from actions of GmG_m on smooth varieties to actions of linearly reductive group G{\bf G} on finite type schemes and algebraic spaces. We also provide a relative version and briefly discuss the case of algebraic stacks. We define the Bia{\l}ynicki-Birula decomposition functorially: for a fixed G{\bf G}-scheme XX and a monoid G\overline{\bf G} which partially compactifies G{\bf G}, the BB decomposition parameterizes G{\bf G}-schemes over XX for which the G{\bf G}-action extends to the G\overline{\bf G}-action. The freedom of choice of G\overline{\bf G} makes the theory richer than the GmG_m-case.

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@article{arxiv.1805.11558,
  title  = {Bia{\l}ynicki-Birula decomposition for reductive groups},
  author = {Joachim Jelisiejew and Łukasz Sienkiewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.11558},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

v3, final. To appear in Journal de Math\'ematiques Pures et Appliqu\'ees

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