Fixed point data of finite groups acting on 3-manifolds.
The relationship between fixed point theory and K-theory is explained, both classical Nielsen theory (versus ) and 1-parameter fixed point theory (versus ). In particular, various zeta functions associated with suspension flows are shown to come in a natural way as “traces” of “torsions” of Whitehead and Reidemeister type.
We prove that for each integer there is an open neighborhood of the identity map of the 2-sphere , in topology such that: if is a nilpotent subgroup of with length of nilpotency, generated by elements in , then the natural -action on has nonempty fixed point set. Moreover, the -action has at least two fixed points if the action has a finite nontrivial orbit.