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Fixed points of pro-tori in cohomology spheres

  • Harald Biller
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 27. Juli 2005
Forum Mathematicum
Aus der Zeitschrift Band 17 Heft 3

Abstract

Essential results from the theory of torus actions, initiated by P. A. Smith, are generalized to actions of pro-tori, i.e. compact connected abelian groups. We show that the fixed point set in a (rational cohomology) manifold, resp. sphere, is a rational cohomology manifold, resp. sphere, of even codimension. Borel’s dimension formula for the fixed spheres of codimension one subgroups is proved for actions of pro-tori on (cohomology) spheres. This yields a sharp upper bound for the group dimension. Finally, we describe some applications to actions of pro-tori on compact generalized polygons.

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Published Online: 2005-07-27
Published in Print: 2005-05-25

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