Algebraic Montgomery--Yang problem: the non-cyclic case

DOI10.1007/S00208-010-0565-8zbMATH Open1228.14033arXiv0904.2975OpenAlexW2381665583MaRDI QIDQ634792FDOQ634792

Authors: Dongseon Hwang, Jonghae Keum 

Publication date: 16 August 2011

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Montgomery-Yang problem predicts that every pseudofree differentiable circle action on the 5-dimensional sphere ${mathbbS}^5$ has at most 3 non-free orbits. Using a certain one-to-one correspondence, Koll'ar formulated the algebraic version of the Montgomery-Yang problem: every projective surface $S$ with quotient singularities such that $b_2(S)=1$ has at most 3 singular points if its smooth locus $S^0$ is simply-connected. In this paper, we prove the conjecture under the assumption that $S$ has at least one noncyclic singularity. In the course of the proof, we classify projective surfaces $S$ with quotient singularities such that (i) $b_2(S)=1$, (ii) $H_1(S^0,mathbbZ)=0$, and (iii) $S$ has 4 or more singular points, not all cyclic, and prove that all such surfaces have $p{i}_1(S^0)congmathfrak{A}_5$, the icosahedral group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.2975

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zbMATH Keywords

quotient singularityfundamental groupsurface of general type

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities of surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties (14J17) Surfaces of general type (14J29)

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