Mapping class groups of exotic tori and actions by ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$

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Main Authors: Bustamante, Mauricio, Krannich, Manuel, Kupers, Alexander, Tshishiku, Bena
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Published: 2023
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author Bustamante, Mauricio
Krannich, Manuel
Kupers, Alexander
Tshishiku, Bena
author_facet Bustamante, Mauricio
Krannich, Manuel
Kupers, Alexander
Tshishiku, Bena
contents We determine for which exotic tori $\mathcal{T}$ of dimension $d\neq4$ the homomorphism from the group of isotopy classes of orientation-preserving diffeomorphisms of $\mathcal{T}$ to ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$ given by the action on the first homology group is split surjective. As part of the proof we compute the mapping class group of all exotic tori $\mathcal{T}$ that are obtained from the standard torus by a connected sum with an exotic sphere. Moreover, we show that any nontrivial ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$-action on $\mathcal{T}$ agrees on homology with the standard action, up to an automorphism of ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$. When combined, these results in particular show that many exotic tori do not admit any nontrivial differentiable action by ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$.
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spellingShingle Mapping class groups of exotic tori and actions by ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$
Bustamante, Mauricio
Krannich, Manuel
Kupers, Alexander
Tshishiku, Bena
Geometric Topology
Algebraic Topology
Group Theory
57R10, 57R52, 20C10, 11F06
We determine for which exotic tori $\mathcal{T}$ of dimension $d\neq4$ the homomorphism from the group of isotopy classes of orientation-preserving diffeomorphisms of $\mathcal{T}$ to ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$ given by the action on the first homology group is split surjective. As part of the proof we compute the mapping class group of all exotic tori $\mathcal{T}$ that are obtained from the standard torus by a connected sum with an exotic sphere. Moreover, we show that any nontrivial ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$-action on $\mathcal{T}$ agrees on homology with the standard action, up to an automorphism of ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$. When combined, these results in particular show that many exotic tori do not admit any nontrivial differentiable action by ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$.
title Mapping class groups of exotic tori and actions by ${\rm SL}_d(\mathbb Z)$
topic Geometric Topology
Algebraic Topology
Group Theory
57R10, 57R52, 20C10, 11F06
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08065