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Torus actions, fixed-point formulas, elliptic genera and positive curvature

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We study fixed points of smooth torus actions on closed manifolds using fixed point formulas and equivariant elliptic genera. We also give applications to positively curved Riemannian manifolds with symmetry.

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Dessai, A. Torus actions, fixed-point formulas, elliptic genera and positive curvature. Front. Math. China 11, 1151–1187 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11464-016-0583-2

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