Affine Anosov actions (Q1330161)

The author gives a general procedure to construct examples of affine Anosov actions without fixed points on nilmanifolds. As a result he proves: Theorem: For each \(n\geq 2\), there exists a subgroup \(\Gamma\subseteq \text{SL} (n,\mathbb{Z})\) of finite index, which admits an affine Anosov action on the \(n\)-torus such that the action has no fixed points but the set of periodic points is dense. For abelian groups, the author describes a direct technique for constructing such affine Anosov actions without fixed points. In the course of proofs, the author extends certain results about homological obstructions (or homological criterions) to get fixed points for affine actions on tori and nilmanifolds.