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Suppose G is a finite cyclic group and M a closed smooth G-manifold. We will show that there is a nonsingular real algebraic G-variety X that is equivariantly diffeomorphic to M so that all G-vector bundles over X are strongly algebraic.
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DOVERMANN, K.H., WASSERMAN, A.G. ALGEBRAIC REALIZATION FOR CYCLIC GROUP ACTIONS. Transformation Groups 28, 1561–1593 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-022-09728-6
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