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A Note on Involutions with a Finite Number of Fixed Points

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

John D. Miller
John D. Miller*
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Texas Technological College, Lubbocky Texas
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Let M be a smooth, closed, simply connected manifold of dimension greater than 5. Let T be an involution on M with a positive, finite number of fixed points. Our aim in this paper is to prove the following theorem (which is somewhat like that of Wasserman (7)).

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 20 , 1968 , pp. 1522 - 1530
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1968

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This research was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under grant GP-4125.

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