Countable approximation of topological \(G\)-manifolds. III: Arbitrary Lie groups (Q2075865)

The paper surveys and extends known results by several authors on criteria for a space with an action of a Lie group \(G\) to be a \(G\)-ANR or to have the homotopy type of a \(G\)-CW complex. The main result is this: If an arbitrary Lie group \(G\) acts on a topological manifold \(X\) in such a way that the fixed point set of every (closed) subgroup is again a topological manifold, and if the action is proper in the sense of Palais, then \(X\) has the equivariant homotopy type of a countable proper \(G\)-CW complex.