Abstract
The group SL ( n , Z ) admits a smooth faithful action on S n − 1 , induced from its linear action on R n . We show that, if m < n − 1 and n > 2 , any smooth action of SL ( n , Z ) on a mod 2 homology m-sphere, and in particular on the sphere S m , is trivial.
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