Real loci of symplectic reductions

dc.creatorGoldin, R. F.
dc.creatorHolm, T. S.
dc.date2002-09-10
dc.date2004-05-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:18:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:18:07Z
dc.descriptionLet $M$ be a compact, connected symplectic manifold with a Hamiltonian action of a compact $n$-dimensional torus $T$. Suppose that $M$ is equipped with an anti-symplectic involution $σ$ compatible with the $T$-action. The real locus of $M$ is the fixed point set $M^σ$ of $σ$. Duistermaat introduced real loci, and extended several theorems of symplectic geometry to real loci. In this paper, we extend another classical result of symplectic geometry to real loci: the Kirwan surjectivity theorem. In addition, we compute the kernel of the real Kirwan map. These results are direct consequences of techniques introduced by Tolman and Weitsman. In some examples, these results allow us to show that a symplectic reduction $M/ /T$ has the same ordinary cohomology as its real locus $(M/ /T)^{σ_{red}}$, with degrees halved. This extends Duistermaat's original result on real loci to a case in which there is not a natural Hamiltonian torus action.
dc.description20 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209111
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209111
dc.identifierTrans. Amer. Math. Soc. 356 (2004), no. 11, 4623--4642
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/94625
dc.subjectSymplectic Geometry
dc.subject53D20
dc.titleReal loci of symplectic reductions
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