On finite groups acting on acyclic low-dimensional manifolds

DOI10.4064/FM215-3-1zbMATH Open1244.57033arXiv0808.0999OpenAlexW2963265673MaRDI QIDQ3100575FDOQ3100575

Authors: Alessandra Guazzi, Mattia Mecchia, Bruno Zimmermann 

Publication date: 24 November 2011

Published in: Fundamenta Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider finite groups which admit a faithful, smooth action on an acyclic manifold of dimension three, four or five (e.g. euclidean space). Our first main result states that a finite group acting on an acyclic 3- or 4-manifold is isomorphic to a subgroup of the orthogonal group O(3) or O(4), respectively. The analogue remains open in dimension five (where it is not true for arbitrary continuous actions, however). We prove that the only finite nonabelian simple groups admitting a smooth action on an acyclic 5-manifold are the alternating groups A_5 and A_6, and deduce from this a short list of finite groups, closely related to the finite subgroups of SO(5), which are the candidates for orientation-preserving actions on acyclic 5-manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0999

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zbMATH Keywords

finite group actionfinite simple groupacyclic manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Finite transformation groups (57S17) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

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