On the cohomology and their torsion of real toric objects

Abstract

In this paper, we do the two things. 1. We present a formula to compute the rational cohomology ring of a real topological toric manifold, and thus that of a small cover or a real toric manifold, which implies the formula of Suciu and Trevisan. Furthermore, the formula also works for other coefficient $\mathbb{Z}_q = \mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z}$, where $q$ is a positive odd integer. 2. We construct infinitely many real toric manifolds and small covers whose integral cohomology have a $q$-torsion for any positive odd integer $q$.