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A survey on large finite group actions on graphs, surfaces and 3-manifolds

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We give a survey on large finite group actions on low-dimensional objects such as graphs, surfaces, handlebodies and closed 3-manifolds, and also on large finite subgroups of the outer automorphism groups of their fundamental groups (free groups and surface groups) and of linear groups GL (n, ℤ); in particular we discuss recent results on maximal orders in various situations.

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Zimmermann, B. A survey on large finite group actions on graphs, surfaces and 3-manifolds. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 52, 47–56 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871923

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