Construction of group actions on four-manifolds
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- by Allan L. Edmonds
- Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 299 (1987), 155-170
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1987-0869405-7
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Abstract:
It is shown that any cyclic group of odd prime order acts on any closed, simply connected topological $4$-manifold, inducing the identity on integral homology. The action is locally linear except perhaps at one isolated fixed point. In the case of primes greater than three a more careful argument is used to show that the action can be constructed to be locally linear.References
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Bibliographic Information
- © Copyright 1987 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 299 (1987), 155-170
- MSC: Primary 57N13; Secondary 57N15, 57S17, 57S25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1987-0869405-7
- MathSciNet review: 869405