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When are automorphisms of the cohomology ring realized by isometries?

Let $(M,g)$ be a closed smooth Riemannian manifold, and denote by $G$ a closed subgroup of its isometry group. By considering the maps $g^*$ induced by elements $g\in G$ in the (de Rham) cohomology $H^...
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Existence of covering space with trivial pullback map on $H^1$

I have seen somewhere the following claim (but can't remember where): let $M$ be a connected orientable closed smooth manifold with $b_1(M)=1$, then there exists a connected covering space $p:\tilde{M}...
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