A Remark on the Localization formulas about two Killing vector fields
Xu Chen

TL;DR
This paper explores localization formulas in equivariant cohomology involving two Killing vector fields, deriving new formulas for characteristic numbers and a Duistermaat-Heckman type formula on symplectic manifolds.
Contribution
It introduces new localization formulas for two Killing vector fields and applies them to characteristic numbers and symplectic geometry.
Findings
Derived localization formulas involving two Killing vector fields.
Obtained formulas for characteristic numbers.
Established a Duistermaat-Heckman type formula on symplectic manifolds.
Abstract
In this article, we will discuss a localization formulas of equivariant cohomology about two Killing vector fields on the set of zero points As application, we use it to get formulas about characteristic numbers and to get a Duistermaat-Heckman type formula on symplectic manifold.
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A Remark on the Localization formulas about two Killing vector fields
Xu Chen 111Email: [email protected]. ChongQing, China
Abstract
In this article, we will discuss a localization formulas of equlvariant cohomology about two Killing vector fields on the set of zero points As application, we use it to get formulas about characteristic numbers and to get a Duistermaat-Heckman type formula on symplectic manifold.
The localization theorem for equivariant differential forms was obtained by Berline and Vergne(see [3]). They discuss on the zero points of a Killing vector field, the localization formula expresses the integral of an equivariantly closed differential form as an integral over the set of zeros of the Killing vector field. The de Rham model for equivariant cohomology give a deeper understanding of equivariant differential forms(see [1]). In [6], we introduce the equlvariant cohomology about two Killing vector fields and to establish a localization formulas on the set of zero points
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For gaining a deeper understanding of equlvariant cohomology about two Killing vector fields, we introduce the Cartan model for equlvariant cohomology about two Killing vector fields(see [7]).
In this article, we will to establish a localization formulas of equlvariant cohomology about two Killing vector fields on the set of zero points
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We will see that the set of zero points is smaller and more basic. As application, we use the localization formulas to get formulas about characteristic numbers and to get a Duistermaat-Heckman type formula on symplectic manifold.
1 Equlvariant cohomology by two Killing vector fields
First, let us review the definition of equlvariant cohomology about two Killing vector fields. Let be a smooth closed oriented manifold. Let be a compact Lie group acting smoothly on , and let be its Lie algebra. Let be a -invariant metric on . Let be the space of smooth differetial forms on , the de Rham complex is . Let be the space of smooth complex-valued differetial forms on . If , let be the corresponding smooth vector field on given by
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If , then are Killing vector field. Let be the Lie derivative of on , be the interior multiplication induced by the contraction of .
Set
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be the operator on .
Set
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be the interior multiplication induced by the contraction of . It is also a operator on .
Set
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So
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Let
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be the space of smooth -invariant forms on . Then we get a complex . We call a form is -closed if . The corresponding cohomology group
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is called the equivariant cohomology associated with . By the same way, we can define the equivariant cohomology about two vector fields (not Killing vector fields). We can see that, if we set , then we get the equivariant cohomology as normal.
For any , we can write it by , where . By the definition of -closed forms, we have is -closed if and only if and . For a special case, we have the following result
Lemma 1**.**
* with are -forms, then is -closed if and only if and .*
Proof.
For , by the definition of -closed forms, we have
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and because are -forms, they have the same degree, so and .
If and ; then we have
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so is -closed forms. ∎
The condition looks like the Cauchy-Riemann condition about holomorhpic functions.
Example 1**.**
If is a holomorhpic functions on , by the Cauchy-Riemann condition one have
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Set , let , so by the Cauchy-Riemann condition we have
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Then by Lemma 1., is a -closed forms.
2 Some special -closed forms
In this section, we will give four special -closed forms, , , and .
Lemma 2**.**
If , let be the corresponding smooth vector field on , be the 1-form on which is dual to by the metric , then
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Proof.
Because
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here , So we get
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Because are Killing vector fields, so(see [11])
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then we get
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∎
Lemma 3**.**
If , let be the corresponding smooth vector field on , be the 1-form on which is dual to by the metric , then
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2)
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are the -closed forms.
Proof.
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So is the -closed form;
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So is the -closed form. ∎
Lemma 4**.**
If and with , then .
Proof.
Because , so we have
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where , and for any
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So we get . ∎
Lemma 5**.**
If with , let be the corresponding smooth vector field on , be the 1-form on which is dual to by the metric , then
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Proof.
Because , by Lemma 4., , then
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∎
Lemma 6**.**
If with , let be the corresponding smooth vector field on , be the 1-form on which is dual to by the metric , then
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2)
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are the -closed forms.
Proof.
Because , by Lemma 5., we have ;
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So is the -closed form.
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So is the -closed form.
∎
3 The set of zero points
In [6], we have get that for any and , we have
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Here we will give the same results about , and .
Lemma 7**.**
For any and , we have
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,
2)
When , then ,
3)
When , then .
Proof.
For 1), because
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and by assumption we have
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So we get
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and by Stokes formula we have
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Then we get
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For 2) and 3), when , we have
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so by the same way as in 1), we can get the results. ∎
For
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and
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Set
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We can see that
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This set of zero points is the same as in [6]. This set of zero points is first discussed by H.Jacobowitz (see [8] and [9]).
For
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and
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set
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For
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and
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set
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We can see that
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So we get two kinds of zero points, the one is
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the other one is
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obviously
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Corollery 1**.**
For any with and , we have
1)
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2)
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3)
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Proof.
Because , , . So by Lemma 7., we get the result.
∎
Lemma 8**.**
For any and , if , then .
Proof.
Because
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so
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By , we can see easily that when , the right hand side of the above equality is of exponential decay and so the result follows. ∎
4 Localization formula on
In the following section we denote by . For simplicity, we assume that is the connected submanifold of , and is the normal bundle of about .
Set is a G-equivariant vector bundle, if is a connection on which commutes with the action of on , we see that
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for all . Then we can get a moment map by
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We known that if be the tautological section of the bundle over E, then the vertical component of may be identified with (see [2] proposition 7.6). For the normal bundle of , the vector fields and are vertical and are given at the point by the vectors .
If is the tangent bundle and is Levi-Civita connection, then we have
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We known that for any Killing vector field , as linear endomorphisms of is skew-symmetric, annihilates the tangent bundle and induces a skew-symmetric automorphism of the normal bundle (see [10] chapter II, proposition 2.2 and theorem 5.3). The restriction of to coincides with the moment endomorphism .
Now we construct a one-form on :
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Let , we known , so
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Recall that is invariant under for all , so that , . And by are Killing vector field, we have equals
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And by , . So We can get
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Theorem 1**.**
Let be a smooth closed oriented manifold, be a compact Lie group acting smoothly on . For any , , the following identity hold:
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Proof.
Here we use the method come from [5]. Set , so by Lemma 7. we get
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Let is a neighborhood of in . We identify a tubular neighborhood of in with . Set . When , because
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out of , so we have
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Because
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then
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By making the change of variables , we find that the above formula is equal to
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we known that
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here dy is the volume form of the submanifold . Because
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let be the dimension of , then we get
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Because by we have . And by , are skew-symmetric, so we get
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∎
By Theorem 1.,we can get the localization formulas of Berline and Vergne(see [2] or [3]).
Corollery 2** (N.Berline and M.Vergne).**
Let be a smooth closed oriented manifold, be a compact Lie group acting smoothly on . For any , the following identity hold:
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Proof.
By Theorem 1., we set , then we get the result. ∎
5 Application in Characteristic Numbers
As in [6], we will give the application of the localization formula about two Killing vector field in characteristic numbers. So let’s recall the Chern-Weil theory(see [12]) about equivariant connection and equivariant curvature without proof(see [6] for proof) .
Let be an even dimensional compact oriented manifold without boundary, be a compact Lie group acting smoothly on and be its Lie algebra. Let be a -invariant Riemannian metric on , is the Levi-Civita connection associated to . Here is a -invariant connection, we see that for all .
The equivariant connection is the operator on corresponding to a -invariant connection is defined by the formula
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here be the smooth vector field on corresponded to .
Lemma 9**.**
The operator preserves the space which is the space of smooth -invariant forms with values in .
We will also denote the restriction of to by .
The equivariant curvature of the equivariant connection is defined by the formula(see [2])
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It is the element of . We see that
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Lemma 10**.**
The equivariant curvature satisfies the equvariant Bianchi formula
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Now we construct the equivariant characteristic forms by . If is a polynomial in the indeterminate , then is an element of . We use the trace map
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to obtain an element of , which we call an equivariant characteristic form.
Lemma 11**.**
The equivariant differential form is -closed, and its equivariant cohomology class is independent of the choice of the G-invariant connection .
As an application of Theorem 1., we can get the following localization formulas for characteristic numbers
Theorem 2**.**
Let be an -dim compact oriented manifold without boundary, be a compact Lie group acting smoothly on and be its Lie algebra. Let , and be the corresponding smooth vector field on , . If is a polynomial, then we have
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Proof.
By Lemma 10., we have is -closed. And by Theorem 1., we get the result. ∎
Now we use the detaminate map
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to obtain an element of .
Lemma 12**.**
The equivariant differential form is -closed, and its equivariant cohomology class is independent of the choice of the G-invariant connection .
Proof.
Because , so
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and we know that , by Lemma 11., we get the result. ∎
Theorem 3**.**
Let be an -dim compact oriented manifold without boundary, be a compact Lie group acting smoothly on and be its Lie algebra. Let , and be the corresponding smooth vector field on , . Then we have
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Proof.
Because is -closed and by Theorem 1., we get the result. ∎
6 Application in Symplectic Manifolds
Let be a smooth closed symplectic manifold, is a closed nondegenerate 2-form with (see [4]). Let be a connected compact Lie group acting on via symplectomorphism, i.e.
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for , here be its Lie algebra. If , let be the corresponding smooth vector field on given by
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By the symplectic form there is a isomorphism between vector fields and 1-form on , i.e.
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For , then a vector field on is called a Hamiltonian vector field with the energy function , if for we have .
We can also define the equivariant cohomology associated with on symplectic manifold in the same way as in Section 1.
Here we define the equivariant extension of the symplectic form by
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where , .
Lemma 13**.**
The equivariant symplectic form is a -closed form.
Proof.
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Since , the set of points where the one-form vanishes coincides with the zero set .
Theorem 4**.**
Let be a compact symplectic manifold, and let be a connected compact Lie group acting on M and be its Lie algebra. Also assume be a Riemannian manifold with -invariant Riemannian metric . Let , and be the corresponding smooth vector field on , . Then we have
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Proof.
By Lemma 13., is a -closed form; and
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Note that on . Then by Theorem 1., we get the result. ∎
Obviously, this is a Duistermaat-Heckman type formula.
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