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On Fixed-Point Sets of $\Z_2$-Tori in Positive Curvature

Differential Geometry 2024-11-04 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

In recent work of Kennard, Khalili Samani, and the last author, they generalize the Half-Maximal Symmetry Rank result of Wilking for torus actions on positively curved manifolds to Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-tori with a fixed point. They show that if the rank is approximately one-fourth of the dimension of the manifold, then fixed point set components of small co-rank subgroups of the Z2\Z_2-torus are homotopy equivalent to spheres, real projective spaces, complex projective spaces, or lens spaces. In this paper, we lower the bound on the rank of the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-torus to approximately n/6n/6 and n/8n/8 and are able to classify either the integral cohomology ring or the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-cohomology ring, respectively, of the fixed point set of the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-torus.

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@article{arxiv.2411.00665,
  title  = {On Fixed-Point Sets of $\Z_2$-Tori in Positive Curvature},
  author = {Austin Bosgraaf and Christine Escher and Catherine Searle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.00665},
  year   = {2024}
}