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Topological rigidity and H_1-negative involutions on tori

Geometric Topology 2014-11-11 v4 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We prove there is only one involution (up to conjugacy) on the n-torus which acts as Id-\mathrm{Id} on the first homology group when nn is of the form 4k4k, is of the form 4k+14k+1, or is less than 44. In all other cases we prove there are infinitely many such involutions up to conjugacy, but each of them has exactly 2n2^n fixed points and is conjugate to a smooth involution. The key technical point is that we completely compute the equivariant structure set for the corresponding crystallographic group action on Rn\mathbb{R}^n in terms of the Cappell UNil\mathrm{UNil}-groups arising from its infinite dihedral subgroups. We give a complete analysis of equivariant topological rigidity for this family of groups.

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@article{arxiv.1102.2660,
  title  = {Topological rigidity and H_1-negative involutions on tori},
  author = {Frank Connolly and James F. Davis and Qayum Khan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.2660},
  year   = {2014}
}

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50 pages, to appear in Geometry & Topology