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Free circle actions on certain simply connected $7-$manifolds

Geometric Topology 2026-03-20 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

In this paper, we determine for which nonnegative integers kk, ll and for which homotopy 77-sphere Σ\Sigma the manifold kS2×S5#lS3×S4#ΣkS^{2}\times S^{5}\#lS^{3}\times S^{4}\#\Sigma admits a free smooth circle action.

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@article{arxiv.2409.04938,
  title  = {Free circle actions on certain simply connected $7-$manifolds},
  author = {Fupeng Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.04938},
  year   = {2026}
}

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16 pages

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