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Circle actions on oriented manifolds with 3 fixed points

Differential Geometry 2024-08-26 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Let the circle group act on a compact oriented manifold MM with a non-empty discrete fixed point set. Then the dimension of MM is even. If MM has one fixed point, MM is the point. In any even dimension, such a manifold MM with two fixed points exists, a rotation of an even dimensional sphere. Suppose that MM has three fixed points. Then the dimension of MM is a multiple of 4. Under the assumption that each isotropy submanifold is orientable, we show that if dimM=8\dim M=8, then the weights at the fixed points agree with those of an action on the quaternionic projective space HP2\mathbb{HP}^2, and show that there is no such 12-dimensional manifold MM.

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@article{arxiv.2107.09424,
  title  = {Circle actions on oriented manifolds with 3 fixed points},
  author = {Donghoon Jang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09424},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Major revision. Added the assumption on the orientability of isotropy submanifolds

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