Symplectic circle actions with isolated fixed points

Consider a symplectic circle action on a closed symplectic manifold with non-empty isolated fixed points. Associated to each fixed point, there are well-defined non-zero integers, called weights. We prove that the action is Hamiltonian if the sum of an odd number of weights is never equal to zero (the weights may be taken at different fixed points). Moreover, we show that if $\dim M=6$, or if $\dim M=2n \leq 10$ and each fixed point has weights $\{\pm a_1, \cdots, \pm a_n\}$ for some positive integers $a_i$, it is enough to consider the sum of three weights. As applications, we recover the results for semi-free actions, and for certain circle actions on six-dimensional manifolds

Circle actions on almost complex manifolds with 4 fixed points

Let the circle act on a compact almost complex manifold $M$. In this paper, we classify the fixed point data of the action if there are 4 fixed points and the dimension of the manifold is at most 6. First, if $\dim M=2$, then $M$ is a disjoint union of rotations on two 2-spheres. Second, if $\dim M=4$, we prove that the action alikes a circle action on a Hirzebruch surface. Finally, if $\dim M=6$, we prove that six types occur for the fixed point data; $\mathbb{CP}^3$ type, complex quadric in $\mathbb{CP}^4$ type, Fano 3-fold type, $S^6 \cup S^6$ type, and two unknown types that might possibly be realized as blow ups of a manifold like $S^6$. When $\dim M=6$, we recover the result by Ahara in which the fixed point data is determined if furthermore $\mathrm{Todd}(M)=1$ and $c_1^3(M)[M] \neq 0$, and the result by Tolman in which the fixed point data is determined if furthermore the base manifold admits a symplectic structure and the action is Hamiltonian

Torus actions on oriented manifolds of generalized odd type

Landweber and Stong prove that if a closed spin manifold $M$ admits a smooth $S^1$-action of odd type, then its signature $\mathrm{sign}(M)$ vanishes. In this paper, we extend the result to a torus action on a closed oriented manifold with generalized odd type

Hamiltonian circle actions on eight dimensional manifolds with minimal fixed sets

Consider a Hamiltonian circle action on a closed $8$-dimensional symplectic manifold $M$ with exactly five fixed points, which is the smallest possible fixed set. In their paper, L. Godinho and S. Sabatini show that if $M$ satisfies an extra "positivity condition" then the isotropy weights at the fixed points of $M$ agree with those of some linear action on $\mathbb{CP}^4$. Therefore, the (equivariant) cohomology rings and the (equivariant) Chern classes of $M$ and $\mathbb{CP}^4$ agree; in particular, $H^*(M;\mathbb{Z}) \simeq \mathbb{Z}[y]/y^5$ and $c(TM) = (1+y)^5$. In this paper, we prove that this positivity condition always holds for these manifolds. This completes the proof of the "symplectic Petrie conjecture" for Hamiltonian circle actions on on 8-dimensional closed symplectic manifolds with minimal fixed sets.Comment: To appear in Transformation Group

Circle actions on unitary manifolds with discrete fixed point sets

In this paper, we prove various results for circle actions on compact unitary manifolds with discrete fixed point sets, generalizing results for almost complex manifolds. For a circle action on a compact unitary manifold with a discrete fixed point set, we prove relationships between the weights at the fixed points. As a consequence, we show that there is a multigraph that encodes the fixed point data (a collection of multisets of weights at the fixed points) of the manifold; this can be used to study unitary $S^1$-manifolds in terms of multigraphs. We derive results regarding the first equivariant Chern class, obtaining a lower bound on the number of fixed points under an assumption on a manifold. We determine the Hirzebruch $\chi_y$-genus of a compact unitary manifold admitting a semi-free $S^1$-action, and obtain a lower bound on the number of fixed points.Comment: To appear in Indiana University Mathematics Journa