ON CYCLIC FUNDAMENTAL GROUPS OF CLOSED POSITIVELY CURVED MANIFOLDS WITH SYMMETRY

Yusheng Wang (P. R. China)

Received November 27, 2006; Revised April 6, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: cyclic fundamental groups, positive sectional curvature, group actions.