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a gauss-bonnet theorem, chern classes and an adjunction formula

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coincides with O a ∩ T , we obtain that χ(O a ) = |W |/|Stab a|, where Stab a ⊂ W is<br />

the stabilizer of a in W . If a is not semisimple, then χ(O a ) = 0.<br />

Let F be a constructible complex on G.<br />

Proposition 2.9. Suppose that F is equivari<strong>an</strong>t under the adjoint action of G. Let<br />

F T be a restriction of F onto T ⊂ G. Then the sheaves F <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> F T have the same<br />

Euler characteristic:<br />

χ(G, F) = χ(T, F T ).<br />

Proof. The sheaves F <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> F T<br />

have the same local Euler characteristic at a point<br />

x ∈ T , since F T is the restriction of F onto T . Thus the Euler characteristic χ(T, F T )<br />

is equal to ∫ χ(F)dχ by Proposition 2.6. The function χ(F) is invari<strong>an</strong>t under the<br />

T<br />

adjoint action of G, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> Proposition 2.8 implies<br />

∫<br />

∫<br />

χ(F)dχ = χ(F)dχ.<br />

T<br />

G<br />

The last integral is equal to the Euler characteristic χ(G, F) by Proposition 2.6.<br />

2.4 Gaussi<strong>an</strong> degree of invari<strong>an</strong>t subvarieties<br />

We now compare the Gaussi<strong>an</strong> degrees of X in G <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> of X ∩ T in T . Clearly, the<br />

Gaussi<strong>an</strong> degree of a k-dimensional subvariety is equal to the sum of the Gaussi<strong>an</strong><br />

degrees of its k-dimensional irreducible components. Thus we c<strong>an</strong> assume that X<br />

is irreducible. There are two cases: the set of all nonsemisimple elements of X has<br />

codimension either 0 or at least 1. In what follows we prove that in the first case<br />

gdeg(X) = 0, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> in the second case gdeg(X) = gdeg(X ∩ T ). In particular, the<br />

Gaussi<strong>an</strong> degree of <strong>an</strong>y orbit O a<br />

⊂ G coincides with the Gaussi<strong>an</strong> degree of its<br />

intersection with the maximal torus T .

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