Restricting the transformation group in equivariant CW complexes (Q2639380)

It is known that when in a G-CW complex X (where G is a compact Lie group) one restricts the given action of G to a closed subgroup H of G, the H-space X does not in general inherit an induced structure of an H-CW complex, at least not in any natural way. By \textit{S. Waner} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 258, 351-368 (1980; Zbl 0444.55010)] it is known that if X is a G-CW complex and H is a closed subgroup of the compact Lie group G, then there exists an H-CW complex \(\Gamma\) X of the same H-homotopy type as the H-space X. However, the proof by Waner is such that the H-CW complex \(\Gamma\) X is not finite, or finite-dimensional, even if the given G-CW complex has this property. For may possible applications such an H-CW complex \(\Gamma\) X is inadequate. The main result of the reviewed paper gives a construction for an H-CW complex \v{X}, with the same H-homotopy type as the underlying H-space of a given G-CW complex X, which has the following properties. When G is a compact Lie group and X is a finite G-CW complex the H-CW complex \v{X} is finite. The H-CW complex \v{X} is finite-dimensional whenever X is a finite-dimensional G-CW complex. The construction also preserves the topological dimensions of the spaces and all the appropriate fixed point sets. The construction preserves the H-isotropy types, without introducing any new ones.