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S^1-equivariant Yamabe invariant of 3-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2015-08-13 v1

Abstract

We show that the S^1-equivariant Yamabe invariant of the 3-sphere, endowed with the Hopf action, is equal to the (non-equivariant) Yamabe invariant of the 3-sphere. More generally, we establish a topological upper bound for the S^1-equivariant Yamabe invariant of any closed oriented 3-manifold endowed with an S^1-action. Furthermore, we prove a convergence result for the equivariant Yamabe constants of an accumulating sequence of subgroups of a compact Lie group acting on a closed manifold.

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@article{arxiv.1508.02727,
  title  = {S^1-equivariant Yamabe invariant of 3-manifolds},
  author = {Bernd Ammann and Farid Madani and Mihaela Pilca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02727},
  year   = {2015}
}