Integrals of equivariant forms over noncompact symplectic manifolds (Q711545)

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Integrals of equivariant forms over noncompact symplectic manifolds
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    Integrals of equivariant forms over noncompact symplectic manifolds (English)
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    26 October 2010
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    In their article [Topology 44, No.~1, 231--248 (2005; Zbl 1081.53042)], \textit{T. Hausel} and \textit{N. Proudfoot} consider integrals of equivariant forms over non-compact symplectic manifolds which do not converge, and they formally define these integrals as sums over zeroes of vector fields as in the Berline-Vergne localization formula. In this article, the author introduces a geometric-analytic regularization technique which ensures the convergence of such integrals and utilizes the symplectic structure of the manifold. He also proves that the Berline-Vergne localization formula holds for these integrals as well. The key step is to redefine the collection of integrals \(\int_M \alpha(X)\), \(X \in g\), as a distribution on the Lie algebra \(g\).
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    Berline-Vergne localization formula
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    equivariant forms
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    equivariant cohomology
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    symplectic manifolds
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    Duistermaat-Heckman measures
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