A new family of finite Oliver groups satisfying the Laitinen Conjecture

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the Laitinen Conjecture. The conjecture predicts an answer to the Smith question which reads as follows. Is it true that for a finite group G acting smoothly on a sphere with exactly two fixed points, the tangent spaces at the fixed points have always isomorphic module structures defined by differentiation of the action? Using the technique of induction of group representations, we indicate a new (for the first time, infinite) family of finite Oliver groups for which the Laitinen Conjecture holds.