Topological symmetries of simply connected 4-manifolds and actions of automorphism groups of free groups

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAAC042MaRDI QIDQ6155920zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shengkui Ye

Publication date 7 June 2023

Published in The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.01757

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20) Finite groups of transformations in algebraic topology (including Smith theory) (55M35)

Abstract: Let $M$ be a simply connected closed $4$-manifold. It is proved that any (possibly finite) compact Lie group acting effectively and homologically trivially on $M$ by homeomorphisms is an abelian group of rank at most two. As applications, let $mathrmAut(F_n)$ be the automorphism group of the free group of rank $n.$ We prove that any group action of $mathrmAut\mathrm{\%}(F_n)$ $(ngeq4)$ on $Meq{S}^4$ by homologically trivial homeomorphisms factors through $mathbbZ/2.$ Moreover, any action of $\mathrm{\%}mathrm{SL}_n(mathbbQ)$ $(ngeq4)$ on $Meq{S}^4$ by homeomorphisms is trivial.

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