Euler characteristics and actions of automorphism groups of free groups

DOI10.2140/AGT.2018.18.1195MaRDI QIDQ1743522zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Shengkui Ye

Publication date 13 April 2018

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06788

zbMATH Keywords

group actions on manifoldsactions by homeomorphismsEuler characteristicsZimmer's program

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite transformation groups (57S17) Noncompact Lie groups of transformations (57S20)

Abstract: Let $M^r$ be a connected orientable manifold with the Euler characteristic $chi(M)otequiv0operatornamemod6$. Denote by $mathrmSAut(F_n)$ the unique subgroup of index two in the automorphism group of a free group. Then any group action of $mathrmSAut(F_n)$ (and thus the special linear group $mathrm{SL}_n(mathbbZ)$) $(ngeqr+2$) on $M^r$ by homeomorphisms is trivial. This confirms a conjecture related to Zimmer's program for these manifolds.

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