The Duistermaat-Heckman formula and Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes
Abstract
Let M be a smooth complex projective variety, bearing a K\"ahler symplectic form \omega and a Hamiltonian action of a torus T, with finitely many fixed points M^T. One standard form of the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem gives a formula for M's Duistermaat-Heckman measure DH_T(M,\omega) as an alternating sum of projections of cones, with overall direction determined by a Morse decomposition of M. Using Victor Ginzburg's construction of Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes, we show that these individual cone terms can themselves be interpreted as Duistermaat-Heckman measures of cycles in T^*M. (This has a similar goal to the symplectic cobordism approach of Viktor Ginzburg, Guillemin, and Karshon.) Our approach also suggests extensions of the formula, including the Brianchon-Gram theorem.
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@article{arxiv.2202.01774,
title = {The Duistermaat-Heckman formula and Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes},
author = {Allen Knutson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.01774},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
12 pages, for Victor Guillemin's birthday