Abstract
We consider circle bundles over compact three-manifolds with symplectic total spaces. We show that the base of such a space must be irreducible or the product of the two-sphere with the circle. We then deduce that such a bundle admits a symplectic form if and only if it admits one that is invariant under the circle action in three special cases: namely, if the base is Seifert fibered, has vanishing Thurston norm, or if the total space admits a Lefschetz fibration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5457-5468 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Transactions of the American Mathematical Society |
| Volume | 361 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |