Mathematical Research Letters

Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2001 pp. 67-77.

The equivariant cohomology of Hamiltonian $G$-spaces From Residual $S^1$ Actions

Authors: Rebecca Goldin and Tara S. Holm
Author institution: University of Maryland, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Summary: We show that for a Hamiltonian action of a compact torus $G$ on a compact, connected symplectic manifold $M$, the $G$-equivariant cohomology is determined by the residual $S^1$ action on the submanifolds of $M$ fixed by codimension-1 tori. This theorem allows us to compute the equivariant cohomology of certain manifolds, which have pieces that are four-dimensional or smaller. We give several examples of the computations that this allows.

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