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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2024
For closed subgroups L and R of a compact Lie group G, a left L-space X, and an L-equivariant continuous map $A:X\to G/R$, we introduce the twisted action of the equivariant cohomology
$H_R^{\bullet }(\mathrm {pt},\Bbbk )$ on the equivariant cohomology
$H_L^{\bullet }(X,\Bbbk )$. Considering this action as a right action,
$H_L^{\bullet }(X,\Bbbk )$ becomes a bimodule together with the canonical left action of
$H_L^{\bullet }(\mathrm {pt},\Bbbk )$. Using this bimodule structure, we prove an equivariant version of the Künneth isomorphism. We apply this result to the computation of the equivariant cohomologies of Bott–Samelson varieties and to a geometric construction of the bimodule morphisms between them.
Communicated by Oded Yacobi