Equivariant cohomology of cohomogeneity one actions

Equivariant Principal Bundles over Spheres and Cohomogeneity One Manifolds

We classify SO(n)-equivariant principal bundles over Sn in terms of their isotropy representations over the north and south poles. This is an example of a general result classifying equivariant (Π, G)-bundles over cohomogeneity one manifolds.

Cohomogeneity One Actions on Noncompact Symmetric Spaces of Rank One

We classify, up to orbit equivalence, all cohomogeneity one actions on the hyperbolic planes over the complex, quaternionic and Cayley numbers, and on the complex hyperbolic spaces CHn, n ≥ 3. For the quaternionic hyperbolic spaces HHn, n ≥ 3, we reduce the classification problem to a problem in quaternionic linear algebra and obtain partial results. For real hyperbolic spaces, this classificat...

Geometric Quantization and Equivariant Cohomology Geometric Quantization and Equivariant Cohomology

Applications of Equivariant Cohomology

We will discuss the equivariant cohomology of a manifold endowed with the action of a Lie group. Localization formulae for equivariant integrals are explained by a vanishing theorem for equivariant cohomology with generalized coefficients. We then give applications to integration of characteristic classes on symplectic quotients and to indices of transversally elliptic operators. In particular,...

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