Smoothing finite group actions on three-manifolds

Abstract

We show that every continuous action of a finite group on a smooth three-manifold is a uniform limit of smooth actions.

arXiv commentFinal version to appear in Duke Math Journal, 34 pages, 2 figures

References in corpus (3)

• The theorem of Kerekjarto on periodic homeomorphisms of the disc and the sphere
• Canonical decompositions of 3-manifolds
• The Hilbert--Smith conjecture for three-manifolds

Cited by in corpus (1)

• Discrete group actions on 3-manifolds and embeddable Cayley complexes