On free \({\mathbb{Z}_{p}}\) actions on products of spheres (Q711664)

The paper under review studies free actions of \({\mathbb Z}_p\) (\(p\) a large prime) on the product of any number of spheres with the same odd dimension and the product \(S^{2i-1}\times S^{2j-1}\) of two spheres with different odd dimensions, with the additional restriction condition for the action not to be free on each factor of the product separately. The author determines the equivariant homotopy type of such free actions, and also calculates the cohomology ring and Pontrjagin classes of the orbit space of such a free action. In addition, the author gives a complete classification of the set of normal invariants for the orbit space of such a free action on \((S^{2i-1})^j\), and determines the structure set for free \({\mathbb Z}_p\)-actions on \(S^{2i-1}\times S^{2j-1}\) when \(p\) is large enough.