Torus actions of complexity 1 and their local properties

DOI10.1134/S0081543818060020MaRDI QIDQ2280433zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors A. A. Aizenberg

Publication date 18 December 2019

Published in Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08828

zbMATH Keywords

fixed pointorbit spacesmooth actiontangent representationtorus action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic topology of manifolds (57N65) Stratifications in topological manifolds (57N80) Compact Lie groups of differentiable transformations (57S15)

Abstract: We consider an effective action of a compact (n-1)-torus on a smooth 2n-manifold with isolated fixed points. We prove that under certain conditions the orbit space is a closed topological manifold. In particular, this holds for certain torus actions with disconnected stabilizers. There is a filtration of the orbit manifold by orbit dimensions. The subset of orbits of dimensions less than n-1 has a specific topology which we axiomatize in the notion of a sponge. In many cases the original manifold can be recovered from its orbit manifold, the sponge, and the weights of tangent representations at fixed points.

Review text

Let a compact \(k\)-torus \(T^k\) act effectively on a \(2n\)-manifold. The number \(n-k\) is called the complexity of the action. Actions of complexity zero are well understood while actions of complexity \(\geq 2\) can be very complicated. In this paper, the author considers complexity one actions from a topological viewpoint. Let \(T^{n-1}\) act effectively on a smooth closed \(2n\)-dimensional manifold \(X\) with isolated fixed points. Assume the action satisfies a general position condition and the sets \(X^H=\{ x\in X\mid T^{n-1}_x=H\}\) are sufficiently nice for closed subgroups \(H\) of \(T^{n-1}\). The author shows that under these conditions the orbit space \(X/T^{n-1}\) is a closed topological manifold. The subset of orbits of dimensions less than \(n-1\) can be equipped with a particular topology, which the author axiomatizes in the notion of a sponge. He then shows that in many cases the original manifold can be recovered from the orbit manifold, the sponge and the weights of the tangent representations at fixed points. He also considers in detail the examples of the Grassmann manifold \(G_{4,2}\), the complete flag manifold \(F_3\) and quasitoric manifolds with an induced action of a subtorus of complexity one.

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