We prove an extension of the homology version of the Hofer–Zehnder conjecture proved by Shelukhin to the weighted projective spaces which are symplectic orbifolds. In particular, we prove that if the number of fixed points counted with their isotropy order as multiplicity of a non-degenerate Hamiltonian diffeomorphism of such a space is larger than the minimum number possible, then there are infinitely many periodic points.

In previous work by Coates, Galkin and the authors, the notion of mutation between lattice polytopes was introduced. Such mutations give rise to a deformation between the corresponding toric varieties. In this paper we study one-step mutations that correspond to deformations between weighted projective planes, giving a complete characterization of such mutations in terms of T-singularities. We also show that the weights involved satisfy Diophantine equations, generalizing results of Hacking and Prokhorov.

In this paper we study the Chen–Ruan cohomology ring of weighted projective spaces. Given a weighted projective space ${{\mathbf{P}}^{n}}_{{{q}_{0}},\ldots ,{{q}_{n}}}$, we determine all of its twisted sectors and the corresponding degree shifting numbers. The main result of this paper is that the obstruction bundle over any 3-multisector is a direct sum of line bundles which we use to compute the orbifold cup product. Finally we compute the Chen–Ruan cohomology ring of weighted projective space $\mathbf{P}_{1,\,2,\,2,\,3,3,\,{{3}^{\centerdot }}}^{5}$.