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Computations in \(C_{pq}\)-Bredon cohomology

  • Samik BasuEmail author
  • Surojit Ghosh
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Abstract

In this paper, we compute the \(RO(C_{pq})\)-graded cohomology of \(C_{pq}\)-orbits. We deduce that in all the cases the Bredon cohomology groups are a function of the fixed point dimensions of the underlying virtual representations. Further, when thought of as a Mackey functor, the same independence result holds in almost all cases. This generalizes earlier computations of Stong and Lewis for the group \(C_p\). The computations of cohomology of orbits are used to prove a freeness theorem. The analogous result for the group \(C_p\) was proved by Lewis. We demonstrate that certain complex projective spaces and complex Grassmannians satisfy the freeness theorem.

Keywords

Bredon cohomology Mackey functor Grassmann manifolds Equivariant cohomology 

Mathematics Subject Classification

Primary 55N91 55P91 Secondary 57S17 14M15 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Stat-Math UnitIndian Statistical InstituteKolkataIndia
  2. 2.Department of MathematicsUniversity of HaifaHaifaIsrael

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