Involutions on Dold manifolds

Peltier, Charles F.; Beem, R. Paul

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0656123-4

Involutions on Dold manifolds
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 85 (1982), 457-460 Request permission

Abstract:

Using the techniques of Bredon, some results are obtained concerning the possible cohomology of the fixed set of a smooth involution on a Dold manifold.

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