Morse theory on Hamiltonian \(G\)-spaces and equivariant \(K\)-theory (Q1767409)

Let \(G\) be a torus and \(M\) a compact Hamiltonian \(G\)-manifold with finite fixed point set \(M^{G}\). If \(T\) is a circle subgroup of \(G\) with \(M^{G}=M^{T}\) then it is well known that the corresponding \(T\)-momentum map is a Morse function. In the paper under review the authors show that the associated Morse stratification of \(M\) by unstable manifolds gives in a natural way a canonical basis of \(K_{G}M\). Also, some examples are nicely pointed out.