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Mat. Sb., 2022 Volume 213, Number 3, Pages 21–40 (Mi sm9601)

On the cohomology rings of partially projective quaternionic Stiefel manifolds

G. E. Zhubanova, F. Yu. Popelenskiiab

a Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
b Moscow Center of Fundamental and Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia

Abstract: The quaternionic Stiefel manifold $V_{n,k}(\mathbb H)$ is the total space of a fibre bundle over the corresponding Grassmannian $G_{n,k}(\mathbb H)$. The group $\operatorname{Sp}(1)=S^3$ acts freely on the fibres of this bundle. The quotient space is called the quaternionic projective Stiefel manifold. Its real and complex analogues were actively studied earlier by a number of authors. A finite group acting freely on the three-dimensional sphere also acts freely and discretely on the fibres of the quaternionic Stiefel bundle. The corresponding quotient spaces are called partially projective Stiefel manifolds.
The cohomology rings of partially projective quaternionic Stiefel manifolds with coefficients in $\mathbb Z_p$, where $p$ is prime, are calculated.
Bibliography: 14 titles.

Keywords: projective Stiefel manifold, discrete free group actions on $S^3$.

MSC: 57T15, 55R10, 57S25

Received: 23.04.2021 and 07.06.2021

DOI: 10.4213/sm9601


 English version:
Sbornik: Mathematics, 2022, 213:3, 300–318

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