Isoparametric functions on exotic spheres

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Abstract: This paper extends widely the work in cite{GT13}. Existence and non-existence results of isoparametric functions on exotic spheres and Eells-Kuiper projective planes are established. In particular, every homotopy n-sphere (n>4) carries an isoparametric function (with certain metric) with 2 points as the focal set, in strong contrast to the classification of cohomogeneity one actions on homotopy spheres cite{St96} ( only exotic Kervaire spheres admit cohomogeneity one actions besides the standard spheres ). As an application, we improve a beautiful result of B'{e}rard-Bergery cite{BB77} ( see also pp.234-235 of cite{Be78} ).



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