We show that any finite group can act freely on a rational homology 3-sphere.
Differentiable actions of classical groups on spheres
โ Scribed by R.W. Sullivan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 903 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-9383
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