Cellular cochain algebras and torus actions

On the integral cohomology of smooth toric varieties

Let $X_Σ$ be a smooth, not necessarily compact toric variety. We show that a certain complex, defined in terms of the fan $Σ$, computes the integral cohomology of $X_Σ$, including the module structure over the homology of the torus. In some cases we can also give the product. As a corollary we obtain that the cycle map from Chow groups to integral Borel-Moore homology is split injective for smooth toric varieties. Another result is that the differential algebra of singular cochains on the Borel construction of $X_Σ$ is formal.

The cohomology rings of homogeneous spaces

Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group and $K$ a closed connected subgroup. Assume that the order of any torsion element in the integral cohomology of $G$ and $K$ is invertible in a given principal ideal domain $k$. It is known that in this case the cohomology of the homogeneous space $G/K$ with coefficients in $k$ and the torsion product of $H^{*}(BK)$ and $k$ over $H^{*}(BG)$ are isomorphic as $k$-modules. We show that this isomorphism is multiplicative and natural in the pair $(G,K)$ provided that 2 is invertible in $k$. The proof uses homotopy Gerstenhaber algebras in an essential way. I…

Torus actions, combinatorial topology and homological algebra

The paper surveys some new results and open problems connected with such fundamental combinatorial concepts as polytopes, simplicial complexes, cubical complexes, and subspace arrangements. Particular attention is paid to the case of simplicial and cubical subdivisions of manifolds and, especially, spheres. We describe important constructions which allow to study all these combinatorial objects by means of methods of commutative and homological algebra. The proposed approach to combinatorial problems relies on the theory of moment-angle complexes, currently being developed by the authors. The …

互易图形的余层理论：平面与高亏格图解静力学

A Cosheaf Theory of Reciprocal Figures: Planar and Higher Genus Graphic Statics

本文将胞腔层理论引入结构工程图解方法，基于层与余层的同调代数推导桁架静力学，描述2D互易图与3D多面体提升的形成，并推广至非平面图，证明高亏格曲面桁架在足够轴向自应力下非平凡互易图形必定存在。

Moment-angle complexes and combinatorics of simplicial manifolds

Let $ρ:(D^2)^m\to I^m$ be the orbit map for the diagonal action of the torus $T^m$ on the unit poly-disk $(D^2)^m$, $I^m=[0,1]^m$ is the unit cube. Let $C$ be a cubical subcomplex in $I^m$. The moment-angle complex $\ma(C)$ is a $T^m$-invariant bigraded cellular decomposition of the subset $ρ^{-1}(C)\subset(D^2)^m$ with cells corresponding to the faces of $C$. Different combinatorial problems concerning cubical complexes and related combinatorial objects can be treated by studying the equivariant topology of corresponding moment-angle complexes. Here we consider moment-angle complexes defined …