The Topology of Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds

The Topology of Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds
Author: Michèle Audin
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3034872216

The material and references in this extended second edition of "The Topology of Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds", published as Volume 93 in this series in 1991, have been updated. Symplectic manifolds and torus actions are investigated, with numerous examples of torus actions, for instance on some moduli spaces. Although the book is still centered on convexity results, it contains much more material, in particular lots of new examples and exercises.

Transformation Groups

Transformation Groups
Author: Goutam Mukherjee
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2005-04-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9386279304

Contributed lectures presented earlier at Winter School on Transformation Groups.

Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds

Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds
Author: Michèle Audin
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3034879601

The material and references in this extended second edition of "The Topology of Torus Actions on Symplectic Manifolds", published as Volume 93 in this series in 1991, have been updated. Symplectic manifolds and torus actions are investigated, with numerous examples of torus actions, for instance on some moduli spaces. Although the book is still centered on convexity results, it contains much more material, in particular lots of new examples and exercises.

Lectures on Symplectic Geometry

Lectures on Symplectic Geometry
Author: Ana Cannas da Silva
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2004-10-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 354045330X

The goal of these notes is to provide a fast introduction to symplectic geometry for graduate students with some knowledge of differential geometry, de Rham theory and classical Lie groups. This text addresses symplectomorphisms, local forms, contact manifolds, compatible almost complex structures, Kaehler manifolds, hamiltonian mechanics, moment maps, symplectic reduction and symplectic toric manifolds. It contains guided problems, called homework, designed to complement the exposition or extend the reader's understanding. There are by now excellent references on symplectic geometry, a subset of which is in the bibliography of this book. However, the most efficient introduction to a subject is often a short elementary treatment, and these notes attempt to serve that purpose. This text provides a taste of areas of current research and will prepare the reader to explore recent papers and extensive books on symplectic geometry where the pace is much faster. For this reprint numerous corrections and clarifications have been made, and the layout has been improved.

Torus Actions and Their Applications in Topology and Combinatorics

Torus Actions and Their Applications in Topology and Combinatorics
Author: V. M. Buchstaber
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2002
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821831860

Here, the study of torus actions on topological spaces is presented as a bridge connecting combinatorial and convex geometry with commutative and homological algebra, algebraic geometry, and topology. This established link helps in understanding the geometry and topology of a space with torus action by studying the combinatorics of the space of orbits. Conversely, subtle properties of a combinatorial object can be realized by interpreting it as the orbit structure for a propermanifold or as a complex acted on by a torus. The latter can be a symplectic manifold with Hamiltonian torus action, a toric variety or manifold, a subspace arrangement complement, etc., while the combinatorial objects include simplicial and cubical complexes, polytopes, and arrangements. This approachalso provides a natural topological interpretation in terms of torus actions of many constructions from commutative and homological algebra used in combinatorics. The exposition centers around the theory of moment-angle complexes, providing an effective way to study invariants of triangulations by methods of equivariant topology. The book includes many new and well-known open problems and would be suitable as a textbook. It will be useful for specialists both in topology and in combinatoricsand will help to establish even tighter connections between the subjects involved.

Toric Topology

Toric Topology
Author: Victor M. Buchstaber
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 147042214X

This book is about toric topology, a new area of mathematics that emerged at the end of the 1990s on the border of equivariant topology, algebraic and symplectic geometry, combinatorics, and commutative algebra. It has quickly grown into a very active area with many links to other areas of mathematics, and continues to attract experts from different fields. The key players in toric topology are moment-angle manifolds, a class of manifolds with torus actions defined in combinatorial terms. Construction of moment-angle manifolds relates to combinatorial geometry and algebraic geometry of toric varieties via the notion of a quasitoric manifold. Discovery of remarkable geometric structures on moment-angle manifolds led to important connections with classical and modern areas of symplectic, Lagrangian, and non-Kaehler complex geometry. A related categorical construction of moment-angle complexes and polyhedral products provides for a universal framework for many fundamental constructions of homotopical topology. The study of polyhedral products is now evolving into a separate subject of homotopy theory. A new perspective on torus actions has also contributed to the development of classical areas of algebraic topology, such as complex cobordism. This book includes many open problems and is addressed to experts interested in new ideas linking all the subjects involved, as well as to graduate students and young researchers ready to enter this beautiful new area.

A Brief Introduction To Symplectic And Contact Manifolds

A Brief Introduction To Symplectic And Contact Manifolds
Author: Augustin Banyaga
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-08-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9814696722

The book introduces the basic notions in Symplectic and Contact Geometry at the level of the second year graduate student. It also contains many exercises, some of which are solved only in the last chapter.We begin with the linear theory, then give the definition of symplectic manifolds and some basic examples, review advanced calculus, discuss Hamiltonian systems, tour rapidly group and the basics of contact geometry, and solve problems in chapter 8. The material just described can be used as a one semester course on Symplectic and Contact Geometry.The book contains also more advanced material, suitable to advanced graduate students and researchers.

Introduction to Symplectic Topology

Introduction to Symplectic Topology
Author: Dusa McDuff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2017
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0198794894

Over the last number of years powerful new methods in analysis and topology have led to the development of the modern global theory of symplectic topology, including several striking and important results. This new third edition of a classic book in the feild includes updates and new material to bring the material right up-to-date.