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arxiv: math/0102061 · v1 · submitted 2001-02-07 · 🧮 math.GT · math.AT

Homotopy complex projective spaces with Pin(2)-action

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Let $M$ be a manifold homotopy equivalent to the complex projective space $\C P^m$. Petrie conjectured that $M$ has standard total Pontrjagin class if $M$ admits a non-trivial action by $S^1$. We prove the conjecture for $m<12$ under the assumption that the action extends to a nice $Pin(2)$-action with fixed point. The proof involves equivariant index theory for $Spin^c$-manifolds and Jacobi functions as well as classical results from the theory of transformation groups.

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