A characterisation of S3 among homology spheres
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We prove that an integral homology 3–sphere is S3 if and only if it admits four periodic diffeomorphisms of odd prime orders whose space of orbits is S3 . As an application we show that an irreducible integral homology sphere which is not S3 is the cyclic branched cover of odd prime order of at most four knots in S3 . A result on the structure of finite groups of odd order acting on integral homology spheres is also obtained.
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