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Classifying involutions on \(PR(2k)\) up to equivariant cobordism (English)
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21 April 1994
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The main result of this paper is that up to equivariant bordism, every involution \((RP(2k),T)\) on an even projective space is equivalent to one of the standard linear involutions \(T_ i([x_ 0,\dots,x_{2k}])= [- x_ 0,\dots,-x_ i, x_{i+1},\dots, x_{2k}]\) with \(-1\leq i\leq k- 1\), where \(T_{-1}\) = identity. While the proof given here is based entirely on bordism methods, the result is an immediate consequence of Smith theory. It is well-known that the fixed set of any involution on \(RP(2k)\) has the same \(\text{mod} 2\) cohomology as one of the linear examples.
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equivariant bordism
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involution
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projective space
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Smith theory
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