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ABBV on the Projective Line with the Standard Circle Action
Example
Work in . Let act on complex-oriented by . Let be the class corresponding to the period-one weight- character under the chosen tautological-Euler normalization, let be the dual tautological line with its induced equivariant structure, and put . The fixed points are and . Their tangent weights are and , while and . The ABBV sum is
which agrees with .
Example references
Facts & Assumptions
Given: AC, the standard coordinate action of on , the complex orientation, the period-one character class , and the induced equivariant structure on .
Assume AC, carried through the real coefficient-ring convention for Borel equivariant cohomology. The Axiom of Choice
Borel Equivariant Integration Conventions for the ABBV Formula: a character of weight has equivariant Euler class in real Borel cohomology; equivariant integration uses the complex orientation. Its restriction to a point of is ordinary oriented integration by Construction and Thom Compatibility of Borel Fiber Integration.
Atiyah–Bott–Berline–Vergne Integration Formula: for an isolated fixed point with tangent weight , its contribution is in the localized real coefficient ring, where compares the complex tangent orientation with the ambient orientation.
The Euler number of an oriented rank- bundle over a closed oriented -manifold is the signed count of zeros of a transverse section. We use the integral class then its image in real cohomology; Thom normalization and fundamental-class evaluation commute with this coefficient change. The zero locus of a transverse section represents the Euler dual
Verification
A point is fixed by every precisely when it lies on one coordinate axis, so the fixed set is . In the coordinate near , the action is , giving tangent weight ; in near , it is , giving weight . The complex orientations agree with , so the Euler denominators are and .
The tautological fiber at is the trivial coordinate line, and at it is the weight- coordinate line. Dualizing gives the fixed-fiber weights and for , hence and .
Substituting these restrictions and tangent Euler classes in [F2] gives .
The linear functional defines a section of that vanishes only at . In the local coordinate and the dual tautological frame there, its coefficient is , so its unique zero is transverse with positive local degree . By [F3], the normalized Euler pairing counts this transverse zero with its positive local degree. Hence the ordinary Euler number is . Restricting the Borel pushforward to the basepoint of connected gives this ordinary Euler number, and ; therefore , independently confirming the localized sum.