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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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− | In connection with their work on fiberings with singularities, Montgomery and Samelson {{cite|Montgomery&Samelson1946}} made a comment that when a compact Lie group $G$ acts smoothly on a sphere in such a way as to have one fixed point, it is likely that there must be a second fixed point. | + | In connection with their work on fiberings with singularities, Montgomery and Samelson {{cite|Montgomery&Samelson1946}} made a comment that when a compact Lie group $G$ acts smoothly on a sphere in such a way as to have one fixed point, it is likely that there must be a second fixed point. Contrary to this speculation, suppose that a compact Lie group $G$ acts smoothly on a sphere $S^n$ with exactly one fixed point. By removing from $S^n$ an invariant open disk neighborhood around the single fixed point, one obtains a smooth fixed point free action of $G$ on the disk $D^n$. It follows from the work of Oliver {{cite|Oliver1975}} and {{cite|Oliver1976}} that there exists such |
− | + | an action of $G$ if and only if the identity connected component $G_0$ of $G$ is non-abelian or the quotient group $G/G_0$ is an [[Group_actions_on_disks#Oliver_group|Oliver group]]. | |
− | Contrary to this speculation, suppose that a compact Lie group $G$ acts smoothly on a sphere $S^n$ with exactly one fixed point. | + | |
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== Problem == | == Problem == | ||
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− | + | Let $G$ be a compact Lie group such that the identity connected component $G_0$ is non-abelian or the quotient group $G/G_0$ is an Oliver group. It is natural to ask whether $G$ has a smooth one fixed point action on some sphere. The affirmative answer would confirm that the following conjecture is true. | |
+ | {{beginthm|Conjecture}} For a compact Lie group $G$, the following three statements are equivalent. | ||
+ | * There exists a smooth action of $G$ on some sphere with exactly one fixed point. | ||
+ | * There exists a smooth action of $G$ on some disk without fixed points. | ||
+ | * $G_0$ is a non-abelian group or the quotient group $G/G_0$ is an Oliver group. | ||
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== Results so far == | == Results so far == | ||
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− | *Stein {{cite|Stein1977}} | + | Smooth one fixed point actions of $G$ on spheres have been constructed by |
− | *Petrie {{cite|Petrie1982}} | + | |
− | *Laitinen, Morimoto, and Pawałowski {{cite|Laitinen&Morimoto& | + | * Stein {{cite|Stein1977}} for $G=SL_2(\mathbb{F}_5)$ or $SL_2(\mathbb{F}_5)\times \mathbb{Z}_r$ with $(120, r)=1$. |
− | *Laitinen and Morimoto {{cite|Laitinen&Morimoto1998}} | + | * Petrie {{cite|Petrie1982}} for $G=SL_2(\mathbb{F}_q)$ or $PSL_2(\mathbb{F}_q)$, where $q\geq 5$ is a power of an odd prime. |
+ | * Petrie {{cite|Petrie1982}} for any finite abelian group $G$ of odd order and with three or more non-cyclic Sylow subgroups. | ||
+ | * Petrie {{cite|Petrie1982}} for $G=S^3$ or $SO(3)$. | ||
+ | * Laitinen, Morimoto, and Pawałowski {{cite|Laitinen&Morimoto&Pawałowski1995}} for any finite non-solvable group $G$. | ||
+ | * Laitinen and Morimoto {{cite|Laitinen&Morimoto1998}} for any finite [[Group_actions_on_disks#Oliver_group|Oliver group]] $G$. | ||
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== Further discussion == | == Further discussion == | ||
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− | ... | + | The results obtained so far show that Conjecture 2.1 is true for finite groups $G$. |
+ | {{beginthm|Theorem}} For a finite group $G$, the following three statements are equivalent. | ||
+ | * There exists a smooth action of $G$ on some sphere with exactly one fixed point. | ||
+ | * There exists a smooth action of $G$ on some disk without fixed points. | ||
+ | * $G$ is an Oliver group. | ||
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+ | Except for the two cases solved by Petrie {{cite|Petrie1982}} where $G = S^3$ or $SO(3)$, it is not known wheter a compact Lie group $G$ with non-abelian identity connected component $G_0$ admits a smooth one fixed point action of some sphere. | ||
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[edit] 1 Introduction
In connection with their work on fiberings with singularities, Montgomery and Samelson [Montgomery&Samelson1946] made a comment that when a compact Lie group acts smoothly on a sphere in such a way as to have one fixed point, it is likely that there must be a second fixed point. Contrary to this speculation, suppose that a compact Lie group acts smoothly on a sphere with exactly one fixed point. By removing from an invariant open disk neighborhood around the single fixed point, one obtains a smooth fixed point free action of on the disk . It follows from the work of Oliver [Oliver1975] and [Oliver1976] that there exists such an action of if and only if the identity connected component of is non-abelian or the quotient group is an Oliver group.
[edit] 2 Problem
Let be a compact Lie group such that the identity connected component is non-abelian or the quotient group is an Oliver group. It is natural to ask whether has a smooth one fixed point action on some sphere. The affirmative answer would confirm that the following conjecture is true.
Conjecture 2.1. For a compact Lie group , the following three statements are equivalent.
- There exists a smooth action of on some sphere with exactly one fixed point.
- There exists a smooth action of on some disk without fixed points.
- is a non-abelian group or the quotient group is an Oliver group.
[edit] 3 Results so far
Smooth one fixed point actions of on spheres have been constructed by
- Stein [Stein1977] for or with .
- Petrie [Petrie1982] for or , where is a power of an odd prime.
- Petrie [Petrie1982] for any finite abelian group of odd order and with three or more non-cyclic Sylow subgroups.
- Petrie [Petrie1982] for or .
- Laitinen, Morimoto, and Pawałowski [Laitinen&Morimoto&Pawałowski1995] for any finite non-solvable group .
- Laitinen and Morimoto [Laitinen&Morimoto1998] for any finite Oliver group .
[edit] 4 Further discussion
The results obtained so far show that Conjecture 2.1 is true for finite groups .
Theorem 4.1. For a finite group , the following three statements are equivalent.
- There exists a smooth action of on some sphere with exactly one fixed point.
- There exists a smooth action of on some disk without fixed points.
- is an Oliver group.
[edit] 5 References
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- [Laitinen&Morimoto1998] E. Laitinen and M. Morimoto, Finite groups with smooth one fixed point actions on spheres, Forum Math. 10 (1998), no.4, 479–520. MR1631012 (99k:57078) Zbl 0905.57023
- [Montgomery&Samelson1946] D. Montgomery and H. Samelson, Fiberings with singularities, Duke Math. J. 13 (1946), 51–56. MR0015794 (7,471a) Zbl 0060.41501
- [Oliver1975] R. Oliver, Fixed-point sets of group actions on finite acyclic complexes, Comment. Math. Helv. 50 (1975), 155–177. MR0375361 (51 #11556) Zbl 0304.57020
- [Oliver1976] R. Oliver, Smooth compact Lie group actions on disks, Math. Z. 149 (1976), no.1, 79–96. MR0423390 (54 #11369) Zbl 0334.57023
- [Petrie1982] T. Petrie, One fixed point actions on spheres. I, II, Adv. in Math. 46 (1982), no.1, 3–14, 15–70. MR676986 (84b:57027) Zbl 0502.57021
- [Stein1977] E. Stein, Surgery on products with finite fundamental group, Topology 16 (1977), no.4, 473–493. MR0474336 (57 #13982) Zbl 0383.57014