Hirzebruch genera of manifolds equipped with a Hamiltonian circle action

2001/10/31 by K. E. Feldman
Mathematics · #math.AT #math.AG #math.GT #math.SG

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published as Russ. Math. Surveys, V 56(2001), no. 5, 978-979 · 3 pages

arxiv created 2002/12/05 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

In the paper we describe obstructions for the existence of symplectic and Hamiltonian symplectic circle actions on closed compact manifolds in terms of Hirzebruch genera and relations between differential and homotopic invariants of such manifolds.

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