Spherical contact toric manifolds

Li, Hui

doi:10.1090/proc/16111

Spherical contact toric manifolds
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by Hui Li

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 151 (2023), 349-353

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/16111

Published electronically: September 23, 2022

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Abstract:

Let $(M, \alpha )$ be a $2n+1$-dimensional connected compact contact toric manifold of Reeb type. Suppose the contact form $\alpha$ is regular, we find conditions under which $M$ is homeomorphic to $S^{2n+1}$.

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