Log-concavity and symplectic flows (Q2347758): Difference between revisions

After presenting the review of the essential elements of the theory of the symplectic manifolds and torus actions on them, the authors continue with the proofs of the main theorems formulated in the introductory sections, namely: Theorem 1. Let \(T\) be an \((n - 2)\)-dimensional torus which acts effectively with non-empty fixed point set on a compact, connected, symplectic \(2n\)-dimensional manifold \((M, \omega )\). Suppose that there is an effective commuting symplectic action of a \(2\)-torus on \(M\) whose orbits are symplectic. Then, the action of \(T\) on \((M, \omega )\) is Hamiltonian. Theorem 2. Let \(T\) be an \((n - 2)\)-dimensional torus which acts effectively and Hamiltonianly on a connected symplectic \(2n\)-dimensional manifold \((M, \omega )\) with a proper momentum map. Suppose that the list of stabilizer subgroups of the \(T\) action on \(M\) is finite, and that there is an effective commuting symplectic action of a \(2\)-torus \(S\) on \(M\) whose orbits are symplectic. Then, the Duistermaat-Heckman function \(DH_T\) of the Hamiltonian \(T\) -action is logconcave, i.e., its logarithm is a concave function. The above theorems are used in the last section to show how other well-known results in symplectic geometry can be derived as their corollaries.