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Gröbner bases for (all) Grassmann manifolds (1305.0420v1)
Published 2 May 2013 in math.AT and math.AC
Abstract: Grassmann manifolds $G_{k,n}$ are among the central objects in geometry and topology. The Borel picture of the mod 2 cohomology of $G_{k,n}$ is given as a polynomial algebra modulo a certain ideal $I_{k,n}$. The purpose of this paper is to understand this cohomology via Gr\"obner bases. Reduced Gr\"obner bases for the ideals $I_{k,n}$ are determined. An application of these bases is given by proving an immersion theorem for Grassmann manifolds $G_{5,n}$, which establishes new immersions for an infinite family of these manifolds.