Equivariant Mahowald-invariant conjecture for classical compact Lie groups

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Let GG be one of the compact Lie groups SO(n)SO(n), SU(n)SU(n), or Sp(n)Sp(n). Let MG:π∗s⇝π∗sM^G:\pi_*^s\rightsquigarrow\pi_*^s be the GG-equivariant Mahowald invariant constructed using the corresponding non-nilpotent Euler class, and let α\alpha and β\beta be stable homotopy classes represented by framed homotopy spheres.

Equivariant Mahowald-invariant conjecture. If

β∈MG(α),β≠α,\beta\in M^G(\alpha),\qquad \beta\neq\alpha,

then the homotopy sphere corresponding to β\beta admits a smooth GG-action whose fixed points are the homotopy sphere corresponding to α\alpha.

This would extend the relationship between Mahowald invariants and smooth actions already established in the paper for the real, complex, and quaternionic cases. The claim is proposed for the groups listed above and remains open in the source.

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Boris Botvinnik and J. D. Quigley, “Symmetries of exotic spheres via complex and quaternionic Mahowald invariants”, arXiv:2309.04275 (2025).

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