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Free Actions of Abelian Groups on a Cartesian Power of an Even Sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Michael Hoffman*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics U.S. Naval Academy
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Abstract

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We determine an algebraic condition necessary and sufficient for a group G to act freely on the nth Cartesian power of an even sphere, and characterize the abelian groups that satisfy this condition.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1987

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