Burnside conjecture for exceptional surface homeomorphism groups

Let Σ\Sigma be one of the four exceptional closed surfaces

Σ{S2,T2,RP2,K}.\Sigma \in \{\mathbb{S}^2,T^2,\mathbb{R}P^2,K\}.

A subgroup is periodic if every one of its elements has finite order. Burnside conjecture for exceptional surfaces. For each Σ{S2,T2,RP2,K}\Sigma \in \{\mathbb{S}^2,T^2,\mathbb{R}P^2,K\}, every finitely generated periodic subgroup of Homeo(Σ)\operatorname{Homeo}(\Sigma) is finite. The sphere and torus cases are open without additional hypotheses, while the corresponding questions for the real projective plane and Klein bottle appear to be entirely open.

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Primary source

Donggyun Seo, “A note on the Burnside problem for homeomorphism groups of manifolds”, arXiv:2604.15627 (2026).

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