The Topology of Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds /

This is an extended second edition of "The Topology of Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds" published in this series in 1991. The material and references have been updated. Symplectic manifolds and torus actions are investigated, with numerous examples of torus actions, for instance on s...

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Main Author: Audin, Michèle
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 1991.
Series:Progress in Mathematics ; ; 93.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Smooth Lie group actions on manifolds
  • II. Symplectic manifolds
  • III. Symplectic and Hamiltonian group actions
  • IV. Morse theory for Hamiltonians
  • V. Moduli spaces for flat connections
  • VI. Equivariant cohomology and the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem
  • VII. Toric manifolds
  • VIII. Hamiltonian circle actions on manifolds of dimension 4.