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We give a list including all finite groups G which admit smooth orientation preserving actions on homology 3-spheres (arbitrary actions, i.e. possibly with fixed points; if the action is free then the group G has periodic cohomology and the classification of such groups is well known). The main work in this direction is due to M. Reni. In the present paper, we complete and extend his results for the case of nonsolvable groups G.
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Received 19 March 2001; in revised form 15 September 2001
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Zimmermann, B. Finite Groups Acting on Homology 3-Spheres: On a Result of M. Reni. Mh Math 135, 253–258 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s006050200020
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