Białynicki-Birula decomposition

noun

A T-stable cellular decomposition of a smooth T-variety.

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nounBiałynicki-Birula decomposition (plural Białynicki-Birula decompositions)

plural Białynicki-Birula decompositions

  1. algebraic geometryA T-stable cellular decomposition of a smooth T-variety.

    Section 2 describes a C*-action on Grassmann manifolds and gives the corresponding Białynicki-Birula decomposition.

    1988, Mathematica Scandinavica, volume 62, page 5
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    The description depends on a partial ordering of the fixed point components which arises from the Białynicki-Birula decompositions of X.

    1984, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, volumes 114-115, page 149
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