Cohomogeneity one manifolds with singly generated rational cohomology II

Abstract

We classify cohomogeneity one actions on smooth, simply connected, closed manifolds with the rational cohomology of a sphere. In particular, we show that such a manifold is diffeomorphic to a sphere, a Brieskorn variety, the Wu manifold $SU(3)/SO(3)$, one of two homogeneous spaces of the form $\mathbf{G}_2/SU(2)$,or a member of a particular four-parameter family of $7$-manifolds.