Periodic maps of composite order on positive definite 4-manifolds (Q2388846)

A locally linear group action on a closed simply connected 4-manifold with positive definite intersection pairing may induce a permutation representation on integral homology. Every element of the permutation group \(\Sigma_n\) of \(n\) elements acting on a connected sum of \(n\) copies of the complex projective plane can be realized by a homeomorphism on it. The author is concerned with the following problem: which elements of \(\Sigma_n\) can be realized by a periodic homeomorphism? He shows that certain homology permutation representations can not arise under the appropriate hypotheses. He also constructs a new topological, locally linear pseudofree action of the cyclic group of order 25 on a connected sum of 10 copies of the complex projective plane.