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Nontoric Hamiltonian circle actions on four-dimensional symplectic orbifolds

Author(s): S. F. Singer; J. Talvacchia; N. Watson
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), 937-940.
MSC (1991): Primary 58Fxx
MathSciNet review: 1487340
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Abstract: We construct four-dimensional symplectic orbifolds admitting
Hamiltonian circle actions with isolated fixed points, but not admitting any Hamiltonian action of a two-torus. One example is linear, and one example is compact.


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Additional Information:

S. F. Singer
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041
Email: ssinger@haverford.edu

J. Talvacchia
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
Email: jtalvac1@swarthmore.edu

N. Watson
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04767-X
PII: S 0002-9939(99)04767-X
Received by editor(s): July 8, 1997
Additional Notes: The second author was supported in part by a fellowship from the American Association of University Women and NSF grant DMS 9304580.
Communicated by: Peter Li
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society




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