Permutation complexes and modular representation theory (Q1180659)

Let \(G\) be a finite group and \(R\) be a commutative ring with identity. The author calls a complex \(X_ *\) of permutation \(RG\)-modules a permutation complex if for each subgroup \(H\leq G\) the graded submodule of \(H\)-fixed points of \(X_ *\) is a subcomplex of \(X_ *\). From the author's introduction: ``The theme of the present paper is a preliminary study of the deep relationship between the representation-theoretic and homological properties of permutation complexes and their homological representations from a local-to-global point of view. In particular, we prove a localization theorem (Theorem 2.1) which is an elementary but basic tool. A projectivity criterion (Theorem 3.3) is applied to relate the present subject to more familiar constructions in group theory (Theorem 3.4). We introduce and study a Hermitian analogue of the theory in Section 4 which is applied to some well-known and classical topics in fixed point theory of topological transformation groups (Theorem 4.5 and Corollary 4.13). In Section 5 we study the so-called invertible elements of the stable Green ring and endo-trivial homology representations.''.