Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar

Liat KesslerTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology
Toric actions on symplectic four-manifolds

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 1:30pm
Malott 224

A toric action on a symplectic manifold of dimension 2n is an
effective Hamiltonian action of T^n=(S^1)^n. Delzant's Theorem classifies
compact symplectic toric manifolds. It leaves open the following question:
Given a compact symplectic manifold, what toric actions does it admit?
How many, if any? We answer this question for manifolds of dimension four.
This is a joint work with Yael Karshon and Martin Pinsonnault.