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Fixed point properties of nilpotent group actions on 1-arcwise connected continua

Author(s): Enhui Shi; Binyong Sun
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 771-775.
MSC (2000): Primary 54F50; Secondary 54H25
Posted: September 10, 2008
MathSciNet review: 2448600
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Abstract: We show that every continuous action of a nilpotent group on a 1-arcwise connected continuum has at least one fixed point.


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Additional Information:

Enhui Shi
Affiliation: Mathematics and Sciences College, Suzhou University, Suzhou 215006, People's Republic of China
Email: ehshi6688@yahoo.com.cn

Binyong Sun
Affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
Email: sun@math.ac.cn

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09522-1
PII: S 0002-9939(08)09522-1
Received by editor(s): September 4, 2007,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: February 5, 2008
Posted: September 10, 2008
Additional Notes: The first author is supported by the Natural Sciences Fund for Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province (No. 08KJB110010)
The second author is supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Communicated by: Alexander N. Dranishnikov
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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