Schubert Calculus on a Grassmann Algebra

Abstract

AbstractThe (classical, small quantum, equivariant) cohomology ring of the grassmannian G(k, n) is generated by certain derivations operating on an exterior algebra of a free module of rank n (Schubert calculus on a Grassmann algebra). Our main result gives, in a unified way, a presentation of all such cohomology rings in terms of generators and relations. Using results of Laksov and Thorup, it also provides a presentation of the universal factorization algebra of a monic polynomial of degree n into the product of two monic polynomials, one of degree k.