GLOBAL QUOTIENTS AMONG TORIC DELIGNE–MUMFORD STACKS

Abstract

This work characterizes global quotient stacks---smooth stacks associated to a finite group acting on a manifold---among smooth quotient stacks $[M/G]$, where $M$ is a smooth manifold equipped with a smooth proper action by a Lie group $G$. The characterization is described in terms of the action of the connected component $G_{0}$ on $M$ and is related to (stacky) fundamental group and covering theory. This characterization is then applied to smooth toric Deligne--Mumford stacks, and global quotients among toric DM stacks are then characterized in terms of their associated combinatorial data of stacky fans.