A freeness theorem for \(RO(\mathbb Z/2)\)-graded cohomology (Q2268844)

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A freeness theorem for \(RO(\mathbb Z/2)\)-graded cohomology
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    A freeness theorem for \(RO(\mathbb Z/2)\)-graded cohomology (English)
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    9 March 2010
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    It was proved by \textit{K. K. Ferland} and \textit{L. G. Lewis jun.} [The \(RO(G)\)-graded equivariant ordinary homology of \(G\)-cell complexes with even-dimensional cells for \(G=\mathbb Z/p\). Mem.\ Am.\ Math.\ Soc.\ 794 (2004; Zbl 1052.55007)] that the ordinary \(RO(\mathbb Z/p)\)-graded homology of a \(\mathbb Z/p\)-space built of only even dimensional cells is free as a module over the homology of a point, regardless of which Mackey functor is chosen for coefficients. In the paper under review, the author shows a similar result for the ordinary \(RO(\mathbb Z/2)\)-graded cohomology of \(\mathbb Z/2\)-spaces without the restriction to cells of even degrees, but with the asumption of using constant \(\underline{\mathbb Z/2}\) Mackey functor coefficients. The projective spaces and Grassmann manifolds associated to representations of \(\mathbb Z/2\) are examples of such complexes. The author studies the \(RO(\mathbb Z/2)\)-graded cohomologies of such spaces.
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    algebraic topology
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    equivariant topology
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    equivariant homology and cohomology
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    homology of classifying spaces
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