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We introduce a family of spaces, parametrized by positive real numbers, that includes all of the Hirzebruch surfaces. Each space is viewed from two distinct perspectives. First, as a leaf space of a compact, complex, foliated manifold, following [BZ1]. Second, as a symplectic cut of the manifold $\mathbb{C}\times S^2$ in a possibly nonrational direction, following [BP2].
We present a summary of some results from our article [BZ1] and other recent results on the so-called LVMB manifolds. We emphasize some features by taking a different point of view. We present a simple variant of the Delzant construction, in which the group that is used to perform the symplectic reduction can be chosen of arbitrarily high dimension, and is always connected.
Let $X$ be a Fano threefold and $\C ^* \times X\rightarrow X$ an algebraic action. Then $X$ has a $S^1$-invariant Kähler structure and the corresponding $S^1$-action admits an equivariant moment map which is at the same time a perfect Bott-Morse function. We will initiate a program to classify the Fano threefolds with semi-free ${\mathbb C}^*$-actions using Morse theory and the holomorphic Lefschetz fixed point formula as the main tools. In this paper we give a complete list of all possible Fano threefolds without "interior isolated fixed points" for any semi-free ${\mathbb C}^*$-action. For the actions whose fixed point sets have only two connected components, and in a few other cases, we give the realizations of the semi-free $\C^*$-actions.
We establish a correspondence between simplicial fans, not necessarily rational, and certain foliated compact complex manifolds called LVMB-manifolds. In the rational case, Meersseman and Verjovsky have shown that the leaf space is the usual toric variety. We compute the basic Betti numbers of the foliation for shellable fans. When the fan is in particular polytopal, we prove that the basic cohomology of the foliation is generated in degree two. We give evidence that the rich interplay between convex and algebraic geometries embodied by toric varieties carries over to our nonrational construction. In fact, our approach unifies rational and nonrational cases.
We consider a family E_m(D,M) of holomorphic bundles constructed as follows: to any given M in GL_n(Z), we associate a "multiplicative automorphism" f of (C*)^n. Now let D be a f-invariant Stein Reinhardt domain in (C*)^n. Then E_m(D,M) is defined as the flat bundle over the annulus of modulus m>0, with fiber D, and monodromy f. We show that the function theory on E_m(D,M) depends nontrivially on the parameters m, M and D. Our main result is that E_m(D,M) is Stein if and only if m log(r(M)) <= 2 π^2, where r(M) denotes the max of the spectral radii of M and its inverse. As corollaries, we: -- obtain a classification result for Reinhardt domains in all dimensions; -- establish a similarity between two known counterexamples to a question of J.-P. Serre; -- suggest a potential reformulation of a disproved conjecture of Siu Y.-T.
Bosio generalized the construction by Meersseman of a family of non-algebraic compact complex manifolds of any dimension. We establish a link between Bosio's construction and GIT quotients. We show that his generalization parallels exactly the extension from Mumford's GIT to the more general GIT developed by Bialynicki-Birula and Swiecicka. This gives new insights into the relationship between the two non-algebraic families, from which we obtain new results on their geometry.
Let E denote a bundle with fiber D and with basis B. Both D and B are assumed to be Stein. For D a Reinhardt bounded domain of dimension d=2 or 3, we give a necessary and sufficient condition on D for the existence of a non-Stein such E (Theorem 1); for d=2, we give necessary and sufficient criteria for E to be Stein (Theorem 2). For D a Reinhardt bounded domain of any dimension not intersecting any coordinate hyperplane, we give a sufficient criterion for E to be Stein (Theorem 3).