Topology of eigenspace posets for unitary reflection groups

Friday 7th December, 12:05--12:55pm, Carslaw 175

Speaker:

Justin Koonin (University of Sydney)

Title:

Topology of eigenspace posets for unitary reflection groups

Abstract:

The eigenspace theory of unitary reflection groups, initiated by Springer and Lehrer, suggests that the following object is worthy of study: the poset of eigenspaces of elements of a unitary reflection group, for a fixed eigenvalue, ordered by the reverse of inclusion. We investigate topological properties of this poset. The new results extend the well-known work of Orlik and Solomon on the lattice of intersections of hyperplanes.

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