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\textit{T. Delzant's} theorem, [Bull. Soc. Math. France 116, No. 3, 315--339 (1988; Zbl 0676.58029)] says that for closed symplectic 2n-manifolds equipped with an effective Hamiltonian \(T^n\) action (closed toric manifolds) the moment map image, a polytope in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), determines the symplectic manifold and the torus action. In this paper the author tries to extend Delzant's theorem to a broader class of manifolds using diagrams that generalize moment map images. The philosophy of the paper is to forget the torus action and without the torus action, what remains is a Lagrangian fibration by tori with singular fibers. Symplectic manifolds equipped with such Lagrangian fibrations with certain very simple singularities allowed in the fiber are called almost toric manifolds. The author explains topological and symplectic features of almost toric manifolds. It is explained how to detect certain surfaces, their symplectic area and self-intersections and how to check if they are symplectic or Lagrangian. Moreover it is explained how to see the Euler characteristic and first Chern class of the manifold and embedded lens spaces, including when these admit induced contact structures and when these contact structures are tight or overtwisted. The author also explains how to blow up and down in the almost toric category and how toric and almost toric fibrations assist in understanding symplectic surgeries such as generalized rational blowdowns and symplectic sums. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1027.00024].




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