Abstract
In this thesis, we consider results due to Fang and Rong, and to Kennard, Khalili Samani, and Searle. We generalize two results of Fang and Rong to odd-dimensional, non-simply connected manifolds, replacing their assumption on how large the prime $p$ is with the assumption that the $\mathbb{Z}$p-torus action has a fixed point. We also improve the lower bound on the rank of a \mathbb{Z}2-torus acting on a closed, positively curved Riemannian manifold Mn with a fixed point in a result of Kennard, Khalili Samani, and Searle from (n + 1)/2 to approximately 2n/5, obtaining the same conclusion.
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author
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- Ghazawneh, Farida
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- hdl:10057/55544
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:soar.wichita.edu:10057/55544