SL(n, Z) cannot act on small spheres

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2008.10.009MaRDI QIDQ1009764zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bruno Zimmermann

Publication date 3 April 2009

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0604239

zbMATH Keywords

mod 2 homology spheresmooth action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compact Lie groups of differentiable transformations (57S15) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

Abstract: The group SL(n,Z) admits a smooth faithful action on the (n-1)-sphere S^(n-1), induced from its linear action on euclidean space R^n. We show that, if m < n-1 and n > 2, any smooth action of SL(n,Z) on a mod 2 homology m-sphere, and in particular on the m-sphere S^m, is trivial.

Review text

It is well-known that the linear action of the group \(\text{SL}(n,{\mathbb Z})\) on \({\mathbb R}^n\) can induce a smooth faithful action of \(\text{SL}(n,{\mathbb Z})\) on \(S^{n-1}\). The paper under review studies under which conditions any smooth action of \(\text{SL}(n,{\mathbb Z})\) on a mod 2 homology \(m\)-sphere is trivial. The main result of the paper is Theorem. If \(n>2\) and \(m<n-1\), then any smooth action of a finite quotient of \(\text{SL}(n,{\mathbb Z})\) on a mod 2 homology \(m\)-sphere is trivial. As a consequence, the author obtains the following result, which was conjectured by \textit{K. Parwani} [Geom. Dedicata 112, 215--223 (2005; Zbl 1080.57034)]: Corollary. If \(n>2\) and \(m<n-1\), then any smooth action of \(\text{SL}(n,{\mathbb Z})\) on a mod 2 homology \(m\)-sphere (in particular, on \(S^m\)) is trivial.

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