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non-smooth manifold with circle action (with fixed points)

I am interested to know if there a non-smooth manifold (i.e. a closed topological manifold admitting no smooth structure) $M$, having a continuous action $M \times S^1 \rightarrow M$, and the number ...
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Status of Hilbert-Smith conjecture and H-S conjecture for Hölder actions

The Hilbert-Smith conjecture states that If $G$ is a locally compact group which acts effectively on a connected manifold as a topological transformation group then is $G$ a Lie group. It was ...
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