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Let $(M,\psi)$ be a $(2n+1)$-dimensional oriented closed manifold equipped with a pseudo-free $S^1$-action $\psi : S^1 \times M \rightarrow M$. We first define a \textit{local data} $\mathcal{L}(M,\psi)$ of the action $\psi$ which consists…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-11 Byung Hee An , Yunhyung Cho

Consider a compact symplectic manifold of dimension $2n$ with a Hamiltionan circle action. Then there are at least $n+1$ fixed points. Motivated by recent works on the case that the fixed point set consists of precisely $n+1$ isolated…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Hui Li

Recall that an effective circle action is semifree if the stabilizer subgroup of each point is connected. We show that if $(M, \om)$ is a coadjoint orbit of a compact Lie group $G$ then every element of $\pi_1(G)$ may be represented by a…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dusa McDuff , Susan Tolman

Let a $k$-dimensional torus $T^k$ act on a $2n$-dimensional compact connected almost complex manifold $M$ with isolated fixed points. As for circle actions, we show that there exists a (directed labeled) multigraph that encodes weights at…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Donghoon Jang

Let $M^m$ be a compact oriented smooth manifold which admits a smooth circle action with isolated fixed points which are isolated as singularities as well. Then all the Pontryagin numbers of $M^m$ are zero and its Euler number is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Radu Pantilie , John C. Wood

On a smooth closed oriented $4$-manifold $M$ with a smooth action by a compact Lie group $G$, we define a $G$-monopole class as an element of $H^2(M;\Bbb Z)$ which is the first Chern class of a $G$-equivariant Spin$^c$ structure which has a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-08-28 Chanyoung Sung

Let the circle group act on a compact oriented manifold $M$ with a non-empty discrete fixed point set. Then the dimension of $M$ is even. If $M$ has one fixed point, $M$ is the point. In any even dimension, such a manifold $M$ with two…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-26 Donghoon Jang

Consider a symplectic circle action on a closed symplectic manifold with non-empty isolated fixed points. Associated to each fixed point, there are well-defined non-zero integers, called weights. We prove that the action is Hamiltonian if…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-12-06 Donghoon Jang

For a circle action on a compact almost complex manifold with a fixed point, the lower bound on the number of fixed points is known in dimension up to 12 except 10. In this paper, we show that if the circle group acts on a 10-dimensional…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Donghoon Jang

The purpose of this article is to characterize symplectic and Hamiltonian circle actions on symplectic manifolds in terms of symplectic embeddings of Riemann surfaces. More precisely, we will show that (1) if $(M,\omega)$ admits a…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-05 Yunhyung Cho , Min Kyu Kim , Dong Youp Suh

We classify real-analytic $\mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb{R})$-actions on closed manifolds of dimension m for $3\leq n\leq m\leq2n-3$, which extends Fisher--Melnick's work for $\mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb{R})$-actions on closed n-manifolds. Additionally,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-08-07 Miri Son

In this note we derive an upper bound on the number of 2-spheres in the fixed point set of a smooth and homologically trivial cyclic group action of prime order on a simply-connected 4-manifold. This improves the a priori bound which is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-03-05 M. J. D. Hamilton

A free action of a finite group on an odd-dimensional sphere is said to be almost linear if the action restricted to each cyclic or 2-hyperelementary subgroup is conjugate to a free linear action. We begin this survey paper by reviewing the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Hansjorg Geiges , Charles B. Thomas

Let $M$ be a $2n$-dimensional closed symplectic manifold admitting a Hamiltonian circle action with isolated fixed points. We show that if $M$ contains an $S^1$-invariant symplectic hypersurface $D$ such that $M\setminus D$ is a homology…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-23 Ping Li

Consider a Hamiltonian circle action on a closed $8$-dimensional symplectic manifold $M$ with exactly five fixed points, which is the smallest possible fixed set. In their paper, L. Godinho and S. Sabatini show that if $M$ satisfies an…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Donghoon Jang , Susan Tolman

Let $M$ be a smooth manifold with $\dim M\geq 3$ and a base point $x_{0}$. Surgeries along the oriented circle $S^{1}\times \{x_{0}\}$ on the product $ S^{1}\times M$ yields two manifolds $\Sigma _{0}M$ and $\Sigma _{1}M$, called the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Haibao Duan

In this paper we study smooth orientation-preserving free actions of the cyclic group $\mathbb Z/m$ on a class of $(n-1)$-connected $2n$-manifolds, $\sharp g (S^n \times S^n)\sharp \Sigma$, where $\Sigma$ is a homotopy $2n$-sphere. When…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Yang Su , Jianqiang Yang

A Bott tower is the total space of a tower of fibre bundles with base CP^1 and fibres CP^1. Every Bott tower of height n is a smooth projective toric variety whose moment polytope is combinatorially equivalent to an n-cube. A circle action…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Mikiya Masuda , Taras Panov

We prove that if the circle group acts smooth and unitary on 2n-dimensional stably complex manifold with two isolated fixed points and it is not bound equivariantly, then n=1 or 3. Our proof relies on the rigid Hirzebruch genera.

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2016-10-11 Oleg R. Musin

Let $(X,\sigma,J)$ be a compact K\"{a}hler Calabi-Yau manifold equipped with a symplectic circle action. By Frankel's theorem \cite{F}, the action on $X$ is non-Hamiltonian and $X$ does not have any fixed point. In this paper, we will show…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-04-03 Yunhyung Cho , Min Kyu Kim