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Bredon-Poincare Duality Groups

Group Theory 2014-01-09 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

If GG is a group which admits a manifold model for BG\mathrm{B}G then GG is a Poincar\'e duality group. We study a generalisation of Poincar\'e duality groups, introduced initially by Davis and Leary, motivated by groups GG with cocompact manifold models MM for EG\underline{\mathrm{E}}G where MHM^H is a contractible submanifold for all finite subgroups HH of GG. We give several sources of examples and constructions of these Bredon-Poincar\'e duality groups, including using the equivariant reflection group trick of Davis and Leary to construct examples of Bredon-Poincar\'e duality groups arising from actions on manifolds MM where the dimensions of the submanifolds MHM^H are specified. We classify Bredon-Poincar\'e duality groups in low dimensions, and discuss behaviour under group extensions and graphs of groups.

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@article{arxiv.1311.7629,
  title  = {Bredon-Poincare Duality Groups},
  author = {Simon St John-Green},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.7629},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Revised version, added section 4.2; 27 pages, no figures

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