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Euler characteristics and actions of automorphism groups of free groups

### Shengkui Ye

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 18 (2018) 1195–1204
##### Abstract

Let ${M}^{r}$ be a connected orientable manifold with the Euler characteristic $\chi \left(M\right)\not\equiv 0mod6$. Denote by $SAut\left({F}_{n}\right)$ the unique subgroup of index two in the automorphism group of a free group. Then any group action of $SAut\left({F}_{n}\right)$ (and thus the special linear group ${SL}_{n}\left(ℤ\right)$) with $n\ge r+2$ on ${M}^{r}$ by homeomorphisms is trivial. This confirms a conjecture related to Zimmer’s program for these manifolds.

##### Keywords
Zimmer's program, Euler characteristics, matrix group actions
Primary: 57S20
Secondary: 57S17
##### Publication
Received: 15 August 2017
Revised: 25 September 2017
Accepted: 5 October 2017
Published: 12 March 2018
##### Authors
 Shengkui Ye Department of Mathematical Sciences Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Jiangsu China https://yeshengkui.wordpress.com/