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On the fixed point sets of smooth involutions on the products of spheres

Author(s): Huajian Yang
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 124 (1996), 1941-1947.
MSC (1991): Primary 57S17
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Abstract: In this paper, we have, under some conditions on cohomology, that the fixed point set of a smooth involution on a product of spheres is of constant dimension.


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Huajian Yang
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 - Department of Mathematics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 510631
Email: hy02@lehigh.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-96-03249-2
PII: S 0002-9939(96)03249-2
Keywords: Fixed points, involutions
Received by editor(s): September 22, 1993
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 20, 1994
Communicated by: Thomas Goodwillie
Copyright of article: Copyright 1996, American Mathematical Society


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