On the classifying space for proper actions
Let \(G\) be a discrete group. A proper \(G\)-CW-complex is a CW-complex equipped with a cellular action of \(G\) such that all point-stabilizers are finite (equivalently, if all its \(G\)-cells are of the form \(G/H\times \sigma\) with \(H\) a finite subgroup of \(G\)). There exists, up to equivariant homotopy, a unique \(G\)-CW-complex \(\underline{E}G\) such that the fixed point set \(\underline{E}G^H\) is contractible for every finite \(H<G\), and empty for infinite \(H<G\). \(\underline{E}G\) is sometimes referred to as the classifying space for proper actions, because it has the following universal property: for any proper \(G\)-CW-complex \(X\) there is a unique \(G\)-homotopy class of \(G\)-maps \(X\to \underline{E}G\). In the paper under review the author discusses conditions under which the universal proper \(G\)-CW-complex \(\underline{E}G\) can be chosen to be finite dimensional. In particular, a construction is presented which turns a \(G\)-CW-complex \(X\) in a canonical way into a proper \(G\)-CW-complex \(Pr(X)\) of the same homotopy type, with control on the dimension of \(Pr(X)\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0966.00032].
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- A spectral sequence in Bredon (co)homology
- G-complexes with a compatible CW structure
- Intermediaries in Bredon (co)homology and classifying spaces
- Nullification functors and the homotopy type of the classifying space for proper bundles
- Restricting the transformation group in equivariant CW complexes
- On Bredon homology of elementary amenable groups
- Classifying spaces for proper actions of locally finite groups
- Computing Bredon homology of groups
- Injective generation of derived categories and other applications of cohomological invariants of infinite groups
- Every CW-complex is a classifying space for proper bundles
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