Abstract
The Hilbert-Smith conjecture claims that if a compact group acts freely on a manifold, then it is a Lie group. For a finite-dimensional orbit space a reduction of the Hilbert-Smith conjecture to certain other problems in geometric topology is presented; in these the key problem is the existence of an essential sequence of lens spaces of increasing dimension. Bibliography: 52 titles.
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