Equivariant Nielsen invariants for discrete groups

DOI10.2140/PJM.2007.231.239MaRDI QIDQ952968zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Julia Weber

Publication date 14 November 2008

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0606561

zbMATH Keywords

discrete groupequivariant mapNielsen number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed-point and coincidence theorems (topological aspects) (54H25) Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20) Equivariant algebraic topology of manifolds (57R91) Topological transformation groups (57S99)

Abstract: For discrete groups G, we introduce equivariant Nielsen invariants. They are equivariant analogs of the Nielsen number and give lower bounds for the number of fixed point orbits in the G-homotopy class of an equivariant endomorphism f:X->X. Under mild hypotheses, these lower bounds are sharp. We use the equivariant Nielsen invariants to show that a G-equivariant endomorphism f is G-homotopic to a fixed point free G-map if the generalized equivariant Lefschetz invariant of f is zero. Finally, we prove a converse of the equivariant Lefschetz fixed point theorem.

Review text

In Nielsen fixed point theory, there are two invariants, the Lefschetz number \(L(f)\) and the Nielsen number \(N(f)\), associated to any given self map \(f: X\to X\) on a finite CW-complex \(X\). If \(L(f)\neq 0\), then any map homotopic to \(f\) must have a fixed point. This is the well-known Lefschetz fixed point theorem. The Nielsen number \(N(f)\) provides a lower bound for the number of fixed points for maps in the homotopy class of \(f\). The author of this paper introduces some analogs of Nielsen number for equivariant self maps. Let \(G\) be a discrete group, and \(f: X\to X\) be a \(G\)-equivariant map on a finite proper \(G\)-CW-complex \(X\). By using the generalized equivariant Lefschetz invariants given by the author [\(K\)-Theory 36, No. 1--2, 169--207 (2005; Zbl 1111.55003)], some equivariant Nielsen invariants are defined, and are proved to be the lower bounds for the number of fixed point orbits of maps in the \(G\)-homotopy class of given map. Under some mild hypotheses, these lower bounds can be realized. Moreover, a converse of the equivariant Lefschez fixed point theorem is obtained. When \(G\) is a compact Lie group or a finite group, notions of equivariant Nielsen numbers and equivariant Lefschetz numbers were introduced by \textit{P. Wong} [\(K\)-Theory 36, No. 1--2, 169--207 (2005; Zbl 1111.55003)] and \textit{D. Ferrario} [Handbook of topological fixed point theory. Berlin: Springer. 287--300 (2005; Zbl 1082.55001)].

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