Smith equivalence for finite abelian groups (Q1824249)

Let G be either an abelian group with at least 3 non-cyclic Sylow subgroups or a cyclic group which satisfy certain number theoretic conditions. We construct smooth actions of G on closed manifolds \(\Sigma\) homotopy equivalent to spheres with exactly two fixed points, \(\Sigma^ G=\{p,q\}\), such that the tangent spaces \(T_ p\Sigma\) and \(T_ q\Sigma\) at the fixed points are not isomorphic as real representations of G. We refine work by Petrie-Randall and Dovermann-Petrie to obtain stronger results than they did. In addition, our approach can be used to verify that the constructed actions are real algebraic.