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A note on the Nielsen realization problem for K3 surfaces

Differential Geometry 2023-08-14 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We will show the following three theorems on the diffeomorphism and homeomorphism groups of a K3K3 surface. The first theorem is that the natural map π0(Diff(K3))Aut(H2(K3;Z))\pi_{0}(Diff(K3)) \to Aut(H^{2}(K3;\mathbb{Z})) has a section over its image. The second is that, there exists a subgroup GG of π0(Diff(K3))\pi_{0}(Diff(K3)) of order two over which there is no splitting of the map Diff(K3)π0(Diff(K3))Diff(K3) \to \pi_{0}(Diff(K3)), but there is a splitting of Homeo(K3)π0(Homeo(K3))Homeo(K3) \to \pi_{0}(Homeo(K3)) over the image of GG in π0(Homeo(K3))\pi_{0}(Homeo(K3)), which is non-trivial. The third is that the map π1(Diff(K3))π1(Homeo(K3))\pi_{1}(Diff(K3)) \to \pi_{1}(Homeo(K3)) is not surjective. Our proof of these results is based on Seiberg-Witten theory and the global Torelli theorem for K3K3 surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1908.03970,
  title  = {A note on the Nielsen realization problem for K3 surfaces},
  author = {David Baraglia and Hokuto Konno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.03970},
  year   = {2023}
}

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