2-torus manifolds, cobordism and small covers

Abstract

Let ${\frak M}_n$ be the set of equivariant unoriented cobordism classes of all $n$-dimensional 2-torus manifolds, where an $n$-dimensional 2-torus manifold $M$ is a smooth closed manifold of dimension $n$ with effective smooth action of a rank $n$ 2-torus group $({\Bbb Z}_2)^n$. Then ${\frak M}_n$ forms an abelian group with respect to disjoint union. This paper determines the group structure of ${\frak M}_n$ and shows that each class of ${\frak M}_n$ contains a small cover as its representative in the case $n=3$.