Hamiltonian circle actions with minimal fixed sets (Q2909473)

The authors consider an effective Hamiltonian circle action on a compact symplectic \(2n\)-dimensional manifold \((M, \omega)\).NEWLINENEWLINE Under the condition that the fixed point set has two components \(X\) and \(Y\), and \(\dim X + \dim Y = \dim M - 2\), they prove that the integral cohomology ring and Chern classes of \(M\) are isomorphic to either those of \(\mathbb{C}P^n\) or, if \(n \neq 1\) is odd, to those of the Grassmannian of oriented two-planes in \(\mathbb{R}^{n+2}\) (Theorem 1). Also, they find the integral cohomology ring and Chern classes of \(X\) and \(Y\) (Theorem 2). The paper contains detailed proofs of these results which include many other useful statements.