Cohomological obstructions to Nielsen realization

DOI10.1112/jtopol/jtu028zbMath1320.57032arXiv1402.0472OpenAlexW2049965727MaRDI QIDQ5259820

Bena Tshishiku

Publication date: 29 June 2015

Published in: Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.0472

zbMATH Keywords

Nielsen realization problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25) Classifying spaces of groups and (H)-spaces in algebraic topology (55R35) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Differential topological aspects of diffeomorphisms (57R50)

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