Do manifolds have little symmetry?
Algebraic Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This note is surveying certain aspects (including recent results) of the following problem stated by F.Raymond and R.Schultz: ''It is generally felt that a manifold 'chosen at random' will have little symmetry. Can this intuitive notion be made more precise? Does there exist a closed simply connected manifold, on which no finite group acts effectively? (A weaker question, no involution?)''
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@article{arxiv.math/0606714,
title = {Do manifolds have little symmetry?},
author = {Volker Puppe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606714},
year = {2007}
}
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