Betti Numbers of 3-Sasakian Quotients of Spheres by Tori (Q4399258)

A \((4m+3)\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold with 3 orthonormal Killing fields defining a local \(SU(2)\)-action and satisfying a curvature condition is called 3-Sasakian. The main result here states that if \(S\) is a 3-Sasakian orbifold of dimension \(4n-1\), obtained as a 3-Sasakian quotient of the standard \((4n+4q-1)\)-sphere by a \(q\)-dimensional torus \(N\leq Sp (n+q)\), then the Betti numbers of \(S\) are given by \[ b_{2k}= \dim H^{2k} (S,Q)={2+k-1 \choose k} \] and \(b_{2k+1} =0\) for \(k\leq n-1\). From Poincaré duality one obtains \(b_p\), \(p\geq 2n\).