On smooth \(SO_0(p,q)\)-actions on \(S^{p+q-1}\). II (Q1365339)

In part I [Osaka J. Math. 26, No. 4, 775-787 (1989; Zbl 0711.57023)], the author studied smooth \(SO_0(p,q)\)-actions on \(S^{p+q-1}\) for \(p\geq 3\) and \(q\geq 3\), each of which is characterized by a pair \((\varphi,f)\) consisting of a smooth one-parameter group \(\varphi\) on \(S^1\) and a smooth function \(f:S^1\to P_1(\mathbb{R})\). Those actions restrict to the standard orthogonal action of \(SO(p)\times SO(q)\) on \(S^{p+q-1}\), they have codimension-one principal orbits with \(SO(p-1)\times SO(q-1)\) as the principal isotropy subgroup, and the fixed point set of the restricted \(SO(p-1)\times SO(q-1)\)-action is diffeomorphic to the circle \(S^1\). In the paper under review, the author considers the cases where \(p\geq 3\) and \(q=1,2\). For \(q\), the fixed point set of the restricted \(SO(p-1)\times SO(q-1)\)-action is diffeomorphic to \(S^2\), and the action is characterized by a triple \((S,\varphi,f)\) consisting of a circle \(S\) in \(S^2\), a smooth one-parameter group \(\varphi\) on \(S\), and a smooth function \(f:S\to P_1(\mathbb{R})\), all three ingredients satisfying certain conditions (Theorems 4.12 and 5.8). The author remarks that a similar result holds for \(q=1\) (Theorem in Section 6).