Equivariant \(A\)-theory (Q2419588)

Let \(G\) be a finite group. The aim of this paper is to construct the equivariant version of Waldhausen \(A\)-theory. The authors give precise definitions of the appropriate equivariant categories and equivariant functors to achive this. One of the main features in their construction is to manage to obtain a category of fixed points which is indeed a Waldhausen category. The main result of this paper is that the equivariant \(A\)-theory satisfies the following Theorem. Let \(G\) be a finite group, there exists a functor \(A_G\) from \(G\)-spaces to genuine \(G\)-spectra that satisfies \[ A_G(X)^G\simeq \prod_{(H)\leq G} A(X^H_{hWA}), \] where \(H\) varies over conjugacy classes of subgroups of \(G\). These constructions also give a new approach to equivariant \(K\)-theory of group actions.