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A convexity theorem for torus actions on contact manifolds

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We show that the cone associated with a moment map for an action of a torus on a contact compact connected manifold is a convex polyhedral cone and that the moment map has connected fibers provided the dimension of the torus is bigger than 2 and that no orbit is tangent to the contact distribution. This may be considered as a version of the Atiyah - Guillemin - Sternberg convexity theorem for torus actions on symplectic cones and as a direct generalization of the convexity theorem of Banyaga and Molino for completely integrable torus actions on contact manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.math/0012017,
  title  = {A convexity theorem for torus actions on contact manifolds},
  author = {Eugene Lerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0012017},
  year   = {2007}
}

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