On minimal actions of finite simple groups on homology spheres and Euclidean spaces

DOI10.1007/S12215-010-0033-ZMaRDI QIDQ619615zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bruno Zimmermann

Publication date 25 January 2011

Published in Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1139

zbMATH Keywords

Euclidean spacefinite group actionfinite simple grouphomology sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite transformation groups (57S17) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

Abstract: We consider the following problem: for which classes of finite groups, and in particular finite simple groups, does the minimal dimension of a faithful, smooth action on a homology sphere coincide with the minimal dimension of a faithful, linear action on a sphere? We prove that the two minimal dimensions coincide for the linear fractional groups PSL(2,p) as well as for various classes of alternating and symmetric groups. We prove analogous results also for actions on Euclidean spaces.

Review text

The author determines classes of finite groups for which the minimal dimension of a faithful, smooth action on a mod \(p\) homology sphere coincides with the minimal dimension of a faithful, linear action on a sphere. In particular, this is demonstrated to be the case for metacyclic groups \(\mathbb{Z}_p \rtimes \mathbb{Z}_q\) with an effective action of \(\mathbb{Z}_q\) on \(\mathbb{Z}_p\), the linear fractional groups \(\text{PSL}(2, p)\), symmetric groups \(\mathbb{S}_p\), and alternating groups \(\mathbb{A}_p\) such that \(p \equiv 3\) mod \(4\), and the minimal dimensions are determined for each. An analogous result is obtained for faithful, smooth actions on Euclidean spaces.

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