Algebraic & Geometric Topology

On fake lens spaces with fundamental group of order a power of $2$

Abstract

We present a classification of fake lens spaces of dimension $≥5$ which have as fundamental group the cyclic group of order $N=2K$, which extends the results of Wall and others in the case $N=2$.

Article information

Source
Algebr. Geom. Topol., Volume 9, Number 3 (2009), 1837-1883.

Dates
Revised: 9 July 2009
Accepted: 30 August 2009
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513797046

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/agt.2009.9.1837

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2550097

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1220.57020

Citation

Macko, Tibor; Wegner, Christian. On fake lens spaces with fundamental group of order a power of $2$. Algebr. Geom. Topol. 9 (2009), no. 3, 1837--1883. doi:10.2140/agt.2009.9.1837. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513797046

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