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 on the first homology group when is of the form , is of the form , or is less than . In all other cases we prove there are infinitely many such involutions up to conjugacy, but each of them has exactly 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 in terms of the Cappell -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}
}
Comments
50 pages, to appear in Geometry & Topology