Seifert manifolds with \(\Gamma\backslash G/K\)-fiber (Q5961593)

Let \(G\) be a connected Lie group, \(K\) a closed subgroup and \(W\) a completely regular space admitting covering space theory. Regard \(G\times W\) as a \(G\)-space by letting \(G\) act on it by translation on the first factor. Then a homeomorphism \(f:G \times W \to G\times W\) is called weakly \(G\)-equivariant if, and only if, there is a continuous automorphism \(\alpha_f: G\to G\) such that \(f(a\cdot x,w) =\alpha_f(a) f(x,w)\) for all \(a\in G\) and \((x,w)\in G\times W\). Denote the set of such homeomorphisms by \(\text{Top}_G(G \times W)\), and put \(\text{Top}_{G,K} (G/K \times W)\) equal to the group of homeomorphisms of \(G/K \times W\) induced by the elements of \(\text{Top}_G (G\times W)\).NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINESeifert fibrations play a major role in the construction of closed aspherical manifolds \(M(\Pi)\) realizing Poincaré duality groups of the form \(\{1\} \to\Gamma \to\Pi \to Q\to \{1\}\) where \(\Gamma\) is a cocompact torsion-free lattice in a noncompact Lie group \(G\). In the last two decades, examples of \(M(\Pi)\) were found by the authors and others. In these examples \(G\) is a simply connected group homeomorphic to the Euclidean space. In this article, the authors take up the case when \(G\) is an arbitrary Lie group, and \(K\) a closed subgroup. They offer here a general procedure for the construction of Seifert fiber spaces modeled on \((G/K \times W,\text{Top}_{G, K} (G/K \times W)).\) The case when \(G\) has a finite number of connected components and \(K\) is a maximal compact subgroup is of particular interest. In this case \(G/K\) is homeomorphic to the Euclidean space, and to find the manifold \(M(\Pi)\) one looks for an injective homomorphism \(\theta: \Pi\to \text{Top}_{G,K} (G/K \times W)\) that takes \(\Gamma\) onto a lattice of \(G\) and \(Q\) to \(\text{Top} (W)\). If \(Q\) acts properly on the \(W\), one sees that \(\theta (\Pi)\) also acts properly on \(G/K \times W\). The quotient space \(\theta (\Pi) \backslash (G/K \times W)\) is a Seifert fiber bundle (with singularities) fibered over \(Q\backslash W\) with the double coset space \(\Gamma \backslash G/K\) as a typical fiber. The authors give a complete description of \(\text{Top}_{G,K} (G/K \times W)\). Older constructions fit nicely in the new context, and examples and applications illustrating the new procedure are given. Also refinements regarding the geometry of some known examples of \(M(\Pi)\) are obtained.