Group Actions And Vector Fields: Proceedings Of A Polish-north American Seminar Held At The University Of British Columbia, January 15 - February 15, 1981 (lecture Notes In Mathematics)

Vector fields and cohomology of G/P....Pages 1-9 Complete quotients by algebraic torus actions....Pages 10-22 A generalization of a theorem of Horrocks....Pages 23-28 Almost homogeneous C* actions on compact complex surfaces....Pages 29-33 Weighted projective varieties....Pages 34-71 A pathological example of an action of k*....Pages 72-78 Properties of projective orbits of actions of affine algebraic groups....Pages 79-91 Linearization of reductive group actions....Pages 92-98 Holomorphic vector fields and rationality....Pages 99-117 Some examples of C* actions....Pages 118-124 The growth function of a discrete group....Pages 125-144