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Global symplectic reduction

Let $M$ be a symplectic manifold equipped with a hamiltonian action of a compact Lie group $G$ with moment map $\mu\colon M\to \mathfrak g^*$. Assume $c\in \mathfrak g^*$. Then the symplectic ...
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Does geometrization of Alexandrov 3-spaces follow from that of 3-orbifolds?

Galaz-Garcia and Guijarro proved the geometrization of closed (compact, boundaryless) Alexandrov 3-spaces. Part of the strategy was to use the so-called ramified double cover $\tilde{X}$ of the space $...
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If two group actions lead to the same orbifold, are they conjugate?

In The Geometry and Topology of Three-Manifolds, Thurston says: "In these examples, it was not hard to construct the quotient space from the group action. In order to go in the opposite direction, we ...
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Equivariant De Rham theorem for orbifolds

Recall that the "classical" equivariant De Rham theorem states that, for a compact Lie group $G$ acting on a compact smooth manifold $M$, $$H_G^*(M,\mathbb{R})\cong H^*(\Omega_G(M)),$$ where $H_G^*(M,\...
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Idea behind definition of classifying space over an orbifold

Today I was explaining to some one the notion of $\mathcal{G}$ spaces, covering spaces over orbifolds from Orbifolds as Groupoids: an Introduction. Definition : Let $X$ be a locally compact ...
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Proper and etale groupoid is locally a translation groupoid

I am reading Orbifolds as Groupoids: an Introduction by Ieke Moerdijk. In page $8$ when explaining local charts, it says the following : Let $\mathcal{G}$ be a Lie groupoid. For an open set $U\...
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Why study orbifolds? [closed]

Question is as in the title. Why study orbifolds? I study orbifolds as locally compact Hausdorff spaces $X$ having an orbifold structure, i.e., there exists an orbifold groupoid (proper foliatio. ...
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Necessity/Motivation for generalised homomorpisms

I am reading Ieke Moerdijk's article "Orbifolds as Groupoids : an Introduction". In that notes author defines a notion of generalized map between Lie groupoids. Let $\mathcal{G}$ and $\mathcal{H}$...
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Do regular points of an orbifold form a connected set?

First, a bit of background on orbifolds: Let $X$ be a connected (effective) orbifold. To every point $x \in X$, we associated a group $G_x$ called the isotropy group. The singular locus $\Sigma X$ is ...
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How singular is the metric on an orbifold

I am reading some stuff on orbifolds. I am particularly interested in the metrics on orbifolds. The famous example of one orbifold is the "American football", which is $\mathbb{S}^2$ quotient by the ...
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Can we perturb a surface away from an orbifold point?

Let $X$ be a smooth, compact, orbifold of dimension $4$, where the stabilisers are only allowed to be cyclic groups. Let $p \in X$ be an isolated orbifold point (i.e. the orbifold chart about $p$ ...
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Minimization of the volume of the image of space-filling convex polytopes under similarities

Suppose $A:\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ is a similarity, given by $A(x) = \lambda Ox$, where $\lambda > 1$ and $O$ is an orthogonal matrix (i.e., $A$ is a particular loxodromic repelling ...
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Homotopy groups of smooth part of moduli space

Let $M_g$ be the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, as described for example in the book of Harris and Morrison - Moduli of curves. As a topological space, or better as orbifold, it has smooth points ...
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Is there a pair of pants decomposition analogue for orbifolds?

The pair of pants decomposition is a useful tool is surface theory. Is there an analogous decomposition for orbifolds? Thanks
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Integer valued signature of $4n$ dimensional orbifolds

Let $M^{4n}$ be a smooth oriented $4n$-dimensional manifold without boundary. Then we have an intersection form in $H^{2n}(M^{4n},\mathbb R)$ and such a form has signature $(n_+, n_-)$. Question. I ...
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Maps to the universal punctured elliptic curve

I have just started reading Hain's paper On the Universal Elliptic KZB Connection. I am a bit confused about a comment made there about base points on orbifolds. I am still very new to the idea of ...
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Cobordism/bordism group based on orbifolds with corners

We define a geometric homology group of a topological space $X$ as follows: the chain complex $C_{\bullet}$is freely generated by the maps $f$ from a compact oriented orbifold with corners $P$ to $X$, ...
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Smoothing of a Kähler orbifold metric on a complex surface

Let $S$ be a smooth complex projective surface and $D\subset S$ be a smooth complex curve. Fix an integer $m>1$ and consider $(S,D,m)$ as an orbifold with orbi-locus $D$ with stabilizer $\mathbb ...
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Is every rational realized as the Euler characteristic of some manifold or orbifold?

Let me first ask the question for two-dimensional compact, connected manifolds and orbifolds. Then, if the answer is No, one can remove various conditions on the dimension, and allow non-compact ...
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Does any smooth oriented closed orbifold have a fundamental class

This thread:triangulation of orbifolds has shown that any smooth closed orbifold has a triangulation. My further question is: if the difference of any two triangulations $P$ and $Q$ is a boundary of a ...
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Does the torus $T^d$ 2-fold cover an orbifold $Q^d$ with underlying space $S^d$?

I asked the same question on math.stackexchange recently (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2134978/is-it-possible-to-orbifold-torus-td-into-a-sphere-sd-using-mathbbz-2), but it didn't receive ...
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What is a proper n-etale morphism?

Let $Y$ be a complex algebraic variety, and let $n\in \mathbb Z_{\geq 1}\cup \{\infty\}$. How do I think about a proper $n$-etale morphism $X\to Y$? If $n=1$, I think this should be a finite etale ...
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Symplectic orbifolds

I will start by saying that I am not a symplectic topology. However, in my research I now have on my hands a symplectic 4-orbifold, which I would like to understand better. Certain results for ...
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Is the Čech cohomology of an orbifold isomorphic to its singular cohomology?

Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a finite-dimensional, paracompact, Hausdorff, smooth (and compact, if it helps) orbifold. Is there an isomorphism between the real Čech cohomology and singular cohomology of the ...
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Orbifold of the three-sphere (and lens spaces)

Think of the three-sphere as given by $\lbrace|z|^2+|w|^2=1, \;z,w\in \mathbb{C}^2\rbrace$. We can regard it in terms of Hopf coordinates \begin{align*} z&= \cos(\theta/2)e^{i(\phi+\psi)}\\ w&=...
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Einstein's field equation on orbifolds

I was wondering if there is some kind of Einstein's field equation for orbifolds (say semi-Riemannian of Lorentz signature if this make sense). Here, by an orbifold I mean the "stacky" quotient of, ...
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Embedding of Gorenstein orbifold as a hypersurface

I am trying to understand if three complex dimensional orbifold singularity $\mathbb{C}^3 / \Gamma$ can be embedded as hypersurface in $\mathbb{C}^4$. The condition of being Gorenstein and having ...
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Mayer-Vietoris sequence for orbifolds

Is there a version of the Mayer-Vietoris long exact sequence for orbifolds? I am interested in orbifold homology as opposed to the homology of the underlying topological space.
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Equivariant and orbifold Chern classes

Edit. After thinking about this problem a bit longer, I am not so sure anymore that the Bredon cohomology proposed by Adem and Ruan gives me the invariants I am looking for. I have therefore moved ...
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What is an example of an orbifold which is not a topological manifold?

In Thurston's book The Geometry and Topology of Three-Manifolds it is proven that the underlying space of a two-dimensional orbifold is always a topological surface. Are there any easy examples of ...
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Conditions for underlying space of an orbifold $\Bbb T^n/\Gamma$ to be a sphere?

Given a $n$-dimensional torus, is it always possible to find a discrete action to produce an orbifold such that its underlying space is the $n$-dimensional sphere? Or does it only happens for specific ...
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Is there a topological Chevalley-Shephard-Todd Theorem?

Is the following true: For a representation of a finite group $G$ on $\mathbb{C}^n$, the quotient $\mathbb{C}^n/G$ is a topological manifold if and only if $G$ is generated by pseudo-reflections. ( ...
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manifold branched covering space for orbifolds

An orbifold structure on some topological space $X$ is a covering of $X$ with local quotient charts $V/G$, where $V$ is some connected manifold and $G$ effectively acts on $V$ via a finite group of ...
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Rationally graded singular cohomology

In the paper "A new cohomology theory for orbifold" by Chen/Ruan, they define the orbifold cohomology group of an orbifold $X$ by $H^d_{orb}(X)=\bigoplus_{(g) \in T} H^{d-2\iota_{(g)}}(X_{(g)})$ ...
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Orbifold singularities over a smooth map

I recently starded studying the book "Orbifolds and Stringy Topology" by Adem, Leida and Ruan and I'm trying to see if there is a relation between the singularites of two orbifolds when there is a ...
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Is there a Riemann existence theorem for orbifolds?

For smooth algebraic varieties $X$ over $\mathbb{C}$, the Riemann existence theorem establishes an equivalence of categories between the category of finite etale covers of $X$ and finite unramified ...
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Orbit spaces of crystallographic groups

In their paper "On Three-Dimensional Space Groups", Conway et al. write Although this paper was inspired by the orbifold concept, we did not need to consider the 219 orbifolds of space groups ...
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Properties of the induced map between inertia stacks

Let $\mathcal X$ and $\mathcal Y$ be (separated) Deligne-Mumford stacks. A morphism of stacks $f:\mathcal X \to \mathcal Y$ induces a morphism between inertia stacks $\tilde f:I\mathcal X \to I\...
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étalé space of sheaves on a differentiable stack

If $F$ is a sheaf on a topological space $X$, the well-known étalé space contruction gives rise to a bundle $\Gamma F$ on $X$ such that $F$ is isomorphic to the sheaf of sections of $\Gamma F$. On ...
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Real weight modular forms as sections of a line bundle

Background: I've been trying to read Baily, Walter L., Jr. The decomposition theorem for V-manifolds. Amer. J. Math. 78 1956 and I have problems with the language used in the paper. Firstly I am ...
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Topological invariants of toroidal orbifolds

Which are the most powerful topological invariants of toroidal orbifolds? In particular I am looking for topological invariants of two-dimensional toroidal orbifolds such as $T^{2}/Z_{k}\times Z_{k}$ ...
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Explicit formula for hermitian form on coadjoint orbit of $G$ on $\mathfrak{g}^*$

Let $G$ be a compact Lie group and $\mathfrak{g}$ be its Lie algebra and $\mathfrak{g}^*$ be its dual , then I am looking for explicit formula for hermitian form on coadjoint orbit of $G$ on $\...
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Duality between orbifold and quasi-Hopf algebra (twisted quantum doubles)

A quick Question: Is there some duality known between the quasi Hopf algebra $D^\omega(H)$ of a finite group $H$ to an orbifold model (such as SU(2)/$G$ or SO(3)/$G$ orbifold of some group $G$)? What ...
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hyperbolic orbifolds of small area

Is there a list of 2-dimensional hyperbolic orbifolds obtained from reflection groups (such as the double of a hyperbolic triangle with angles $\pi/p$, etc.) of small area, for instance area smaller ...
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Does fixing the reparameterization invariance of the string action correspond to some kind of orbifolding?

Does fixing the reparameterization invariance of the string action, for example by choosing the light-cone gauge $$ X^{+} = \beta\alpha' p^{+}\tau $$ $$ p^{+} = \frac{2\pi}{\beta} P^{\tau +} $$ ...
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Orbifolds vs. branched covers

Forgive me if this is a basic question. I'm just learning about orbifolds, and covering spaces are my happy place for thinking about group actions. If $M$ is a manifold and $G$ is a group acting ...
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Pseudo-Euclidean orbifolds

Are there any papers (reviews) devoted mainly to pseudo-Euclidean orbifolds in mathematics and physics (e.g. string theory)? A more specific question is related to orbifolds of type $\mathbb R^{1,4m-3}...
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why most of the angles are right

The Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams tell us that in a spherical Coxeter simplex most of the dihedral angles are right. Say among $\tfrac{n{\cdot}(n+1)}2$ dihedral angles we can have at most $n$ angles which ...
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What tools cannot work for orbifolds?

Consider all of your basic constructions/tools/theorems for manifolds: fundamental group, Euler characteristic, triangulations, orientation, smoothness, bundle structure, cobordisms, etc.. Viewing ...
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Seifert Fibrations and their associated Spectral Sequence

In a somewhat limited setting, a Seifert Fibre Space is a 3-manifold $M$ with a "nice" decomposition into circles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seifert_fiber_space). That is, $M$ is decomposed into ...
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