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MomentAngleComplex -- the class of all moment-angle complexes

Description

Given a simplicial complex $K$ on $m$ vertices, the moment-angle complex $\mathcal{Z}_K$ is a cellular complex constructed as a union of certain products of disks and circles: $$\mathcal{Z_K} = \bigcup_{\sigma \in K} \left( (D^2)^\sigma \times (S^1)^{[m] \setminus \sigma} \right).$$ These spaces admit a natural action of the torus $T^m = (S^1)^m$. Non-singular toric varieties (not necessarily complete) are homotopy equivalent to partial quotients of moment-angle complexes by freely acting subtori of $T^m$. Thus, moment-angle complexes are an important class of spaces studied in Toric Topology. Their topological properties can be determined from the combinatorics of the underlying simplicial complex. This package implements methods to determine some of these properties. A moment-angle complex is a special case of polyhedral products.

See also

Functions and methods returning a moment-angle complex:

Methods that use a moment-angle complex:

  • bettiMAC(MomentAngleComplex) -- see bettiMAC -- compute the Betti numbers of a moment-angle complex
  • bettiMAC(ZZ,MomentAngleComplex) -- see bettiMAC -- compute the Betti numbers of a moment-angle complex
  • equivariantCohomology(MomentAngleComplex) -- see equivariantCohomology -- compute the equivariant cohomology of a moment-angle complex
  • eulerMAC(MomentAngleComplex) -- see eulerMAC -- compute the Euler characteristic of a moment-angle complex

For the programmer

The object MomentAngleComplex is a type, with ancestor classes HashTable < Thing.


The source of this document is in ToricTopology.m2:460:0.