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Chris Hone

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arXiv2026

Torsion primes for spaces of commuting elements in Lie groups

Let $G$ be a complex reductive group and $C_m(G)_1$ the identity component of the space of $m$-tuples of commuting elements in $G$. We prove that for every $m\geq 2$, the integral singular cohomology of $C_m(G)_1$ has torsion precisely at those primes which divide the order of the Weyl group of $G$. We deduce the analogous statement for compact Lie groups, settling a conjecture of Kishimoto and Takeda, and prove the corresponding result for compact Lie algebras. We prove these results using Smith theory for the conjugation action by semisimple elements of prime power order.

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arXiv2026

Real algebraic varieties and their intersection cohomology

For a real variety with smooth point, we construct a complex of sheaves on its real points which behaves like intersection cohomology. This real geometric extension is (shifted) Verdier self-dual, and occurs as a direct summand within any resolution of singularities. The stalks of this object provide lower bounds for the Betti numbers of the real fibres in any resolution of singularities. On the real flag variety, the category of real geometric extensions along the Schubert stratification is equivalent to the corresponding category of even parity sheaves on the complex flag variety.

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arXiv2026

The geometry of tilting composition series via Richardson varieties

We prove the (graded) Jordan--H\"{o}lder multiplicities of (mixed) tilting sheaves on flag varieties admit a geometric interpretation as the hypercohomology of certain sheaves on Richardson varieties in the Langlands dual flag variety. These sheaves are a motivic variant of geometric extensions, and may be described as a tensor product of parity sheaves on the Schubert and opposite Schubert varieties. We also provide an explicit formula for these multiplicities in terms of $\ell$-Kazhdan--Lusztig polynomials.

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arXiv2025

Semisimplifying categorical Heisenberg actions and periodic equivalences

We systematically apply semisimplification functors in modular representation theory. Motivated by the Duflo--Serganova functor in Lie superalgebras, we construct various functors of interest. In the setting of finite groups, we refine the cyclic group Brauer construction and categorify the Glauberman correspondence. In the setting of degenerate categorical Heisenberg actions, we obtain a rich collection of functors which commute with the categorical action. Applied to well-known categorifications of the basic representation and Fock space, our functors give explicit realizations of periodic equivalences for polynomial functors and symmetric groups first studied by Henke-Koenig. This allows us to globalize the equivalences of Henke-Koenig by symmetric monoidal functors. We apply these results to deduce branching properties of certain modular representations of $S_n$.

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arXiv2023

Geometric Extensions

We prove that the derived direct image of the constant sheaf with field coefficients under any proper map with smooth source contains a canonical summand. This summand, which we call the geometric extension, only depends on the generic fibre. For resolutions we get a canonical extension of the constant sheaf. When our coefficients are of characteristic zero, this summand is the intersection cohomology sheaf. When our coefficients are finite we obtain a new object, which provides interesting topological invariants of singularities and topological obstructions to the existence of morphisms. The geometric extension is a generalization of a parity sheaf. Our proof is formal, and also works with coefficients in modules over suitably finite ring spectra.

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