• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.691-699
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• 1997

The following statement is known as the generalized Hilbert-Smith conjecture : If G is a compact group and acts effectively on a manifold, then G is a Lie group. In this paper we prove that the generalized Hilbert-Smith conjecture is equivalent to the following : A known, but has never been published before.