On topological actions of finite, non-standard groups on spheres

DOI10.1007/S00605-016-0959-0MaRDI QIDQ527014zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bruno Zimmermann

Publication date 15 May 2017

Published in Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.04599

zbMATH Keywords

non-linear actions on spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

Abstract: The standard actions of finite groups on spheres S^d are linear actions, i.e. by finite subgroups of the orthogonal group O(d+1). We prove that, in each dimension d>5, there is a finite group G which admits a faithful, topological action on a sphere S^d but is not isomorphic to a subgroup of O(d+1). The situation remains open for smooth actions.

Review text

The author shows: Theorem. For each dimension \(d>5\) there is a finite group \(G\) which acts continuously and faithfully on \(S^n\) but is not isomorphic to a subgroup of O\((n+1)\). The proof of the theorem makes use of a result of \textit{R. J. Milgram} [Lect. Notes Math. 1126, 127--158 (1985; Zbl 0572.57012)]. It is not known whether there are smooth actions as in the theorem. The assumption that \(G\) is finite is crucial, as it is easy to construct actions of infinite groups as in the theorem.

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