Revisit Hamiltonian $S^1$-manifolds of dimension 6 with 4 fixed points

TL;DR

This paper presents a new, simplified proof for classifying 6-dimensional Hamiltonian circle manifolds with exactly four fixed points, determining their cohomology, Chern classes, and weights of the circle action.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to classify 6-dimensional Hamiltonian $S^1$-manifolds with four fixed points, simplifying previous methods and explicitly determining their topological invariants.

Findings

Integral cohomology ring has a basis related to fixed point moment map values.

Largest weight between fixed points relates to the first Chern class.

Complete classification of weights and invariants for the case.

Abstract

If the circle acts in a Hamiltonian way on a compact symplectic manifold of dimension $2n$, then there are at least $n+1$ fixed points. The case that there are exactly $n+1$ isolated fixed points has its importance due to various reasons. Besides dimension 2 with 2 fixed points, and dimension 4 with 3 fixed points, which are known, the next interesting case is dimension 6 with 4 fixed points, for which the integral cohomology ring and the total Chern class of the manifold, and the sets of weights of the circle action at the fixed points are classified by Tolman. In this note, we use a new different argument to prove Tolman's results for the dimension 6 with 4 fixed points case. We observe that the integral cohomology ring of the manifold has a nice basis in terms of the moment map values of the fixed points, and the largest weight between two fixed points is nicely related to the first Chern class of the manifold. We will use these ingredients to determine the sets of weights of the circle action at the fixed points, and moreover to determine the global invariants the integral cohomology ring and total Chern class of the manifold. The idea allows a direct approach of the problem, and the argument is short and easy to follow.