Characteristic number associated to mass linear pairs (Q643183)

Summary: Let \(\Delta\) be a Delzant polytope in \(\mathbb R^n\) and \(\mathbf{b} \in \mathbb Z^n\). Let \(E\) denote the symplectic fibration over \(S^2\) determined by the pair \((\Delta, \mathbf{b})\). Under certain hypotheses, we prove the equivalence between the fact that \((\Delta, \mathbf{b})\) is a mass linear pair [\textit{D. McDuff} and \textit{S. Tolman}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 2010, No.~8, 1506--1574 (2010; Zbl 1202.52010)] and the vanishing of a characteristic number of \(E\). Denoting by \(\text{Ham}(M_{\Delta})\), the Hamiltonian group of the symplectic manifold defined by \(\Delta\), we determine loops in \(\text{Ham}(M_{\Delta})\) that define infinite cyclic subgroups in \(\pi_1(\text{Ham}(M_{\Delta}))\) when \(\Delta\) satisfies any of the following conditions: (i) it is the trapezium associated with a Hirzebruch surface; (ii) it is a \(\Delta_p\) bundle over \(\Delta_1\); and (iii) \(\Delta\) is the truncated simplex associated with the one point blowup of \(\mathbb C P^n\).