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Smoothability of $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$ -actions on 4-manifolds

Author(s): Nobuhiro Nakamura
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010), 2973-2978.
MSC (2010): Primary 57S05; Secondary 57M60, 57R57
Posted: March 23, 2010
MathSciNet review: 2644908
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Abstract: We construct a nonsmoothable $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$ -action on the connected sum of an Enriques surface and $S^2\times S^2$ , such that each of the generators is smoothable. We also construct a nonsmoothable self-homeomorphism on an Enriques surface.

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Nobuhiro Nakamura
Affiliation: Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8914, Japan
Email: nobuhiro@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-10-10413-4
PII: S 0002-9939(10)10413-4
Keywords: Group action, smoothability, Enriques surface
Received by editor(s): February 23, 2009
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 22, 2009
Posted: March 23, 2010
Communicated by: Daniel Ruberman
Copyright of article: Copyright 2010, American Mathematical Society

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