Embedding compact surfaces into the 3-dimensional Euclidean space with maximum symmetry

DOI10.1007/S11425-017-9078-0MaRDI QIDQ1701248zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Chao Wang, Shicheng Wang, Yimu Zhang, Bruno Zimmermann

Publication date 22 February 2018

Published in Science China. Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03087

zbMATH Keywords

extendable actionfinite group actionmaximum ordersurfacesymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

Abstract: The symmetries of surfaces which can be embedded into the symmetries of the 3-dimensional Euclidean space $mathbb{R}^3$ are easier to feel by human's intuition. We give the maximum order of finite group actions on $(mathbb{R}^3,Sigma)$ among all possible embedded closed/bordered surfaces with given geometric/algebraic genus $>1$ in $mathbb{R}^3$. We also identify the topological types of the bordered surfaces realizing the maximum order, and find simple representative embeddings for such surfaces.

Review text

The paper is based on the study of the maximum orders of finite group actions on compact surfaces. In particular, the main topic is the study of the maximum order of finite group actions on closed surfaces which can extend over a given compact 3-manifold. In Sections 1 and 2, the authors give all the preliminaries needed to understand the other sections and give all the results known about the topic. Also, the authors introduce some theorems with new results. In Sections 3, 4 and 5, the authors give some certain examples for closed surfaces and bordered surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). Also, they give some results needed to prove the theorems in Section 1. The results can be summarized as: Let \(\Sigma_g\) denote the closed orientable surface of geometric genus \(g\). For fixed \(g > 1\), the maximal order of all finite groups admitting an action on \(\Sigma_g\) which is extendable to \(\mathbb{R}^3\) is determined. For fixed \(\alpha > 1\), the maximal order of all finite groups admitting an action on a bordered surface of algebraic genus \(\alpha\) which is extendable to \(\mathbb{R}^3\) is determined. For both types of surfaces both orientation-preserving and general actions are considered. In the case of bordered surfaces the authors also determine surfaces that realize the maximal order. The proofs and examples are highly complete, detailed and well explained. In general, the paper is well written and the results are interesting and novel.

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• Bordered surfaces in the 3-sphere with maximum symmetry
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• The maximally symmetric surfaces in the 3-torus
• Euclidean symmetry of closed surfaces immersed in 3-space
• Symmetrically bordered surfaces
• Extending finite group actions on surfaces over S^3
• Embedding periodic maps of surfaces into those of spheres with minimal dimensions

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