Hamiltonian circle actions with minimal fixed sets

Details Hamiltonian circle actions with minimal fixed sets Hamiltonian circle actions with minimal fixed sets

2009-05-25

arxiv.org/abs/0905.4049v2

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Symplectic Geometry

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Consider an effective Hamiltonian circle action on a compact symplectic $2n$-dimensional manifold $(M, \omega)$. Assume that the fixed set $M^{S^1}$ is {\em minimal}, in two senses: it has exactly two components, $X$ and $Y$, and $\dim(X) + \dim(Y) = \dim(M) - 2$. We prove that the integral cohomology ring and Chern classes of $M$ are isomorphic to either those of $\CP^n$ or (if $n \neq 1$ is odd) to those of $\Gt_2(\R^{n+2})$, the Grassmannian of oriented two-planes in $\R^{n+2}$. In particular, $H^i(M;\Z) = H^i(\CP^n;\Z)$ for all $i$, and the Chern classes of $M$ are determined by the integral cohomology {\em ring}. We also prove that the fixed set data agrees exactly with one of these two standard examples. For example, there are no points with stabilizer $\Z_k$ for any $k > 2$. The same conclusions hold when $M^{S^1}$ has exactly two components and the even Betti numbers of $M$ are minimal, that is, $b_{2i}(M) = 1$ for all $i \in {0,...,\frac{1}{2}\dim(M)}$. This provides additional evidence that very few symplectic manifolds with minimal even Betti numbers admit Hamiltonian actions.

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