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Resolving actions of compact Lie groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

M.J. Field
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
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Abstract

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A general process for the desingularization of smooth actions of compact Lie groups is described. If G is a compact Lie group, it is shown that there is naturally associated to any compact G manifold M a compact G × (Z/2)p manifold on which G acts principally. Here Z/2 denotes the cyclic group of order two and p + 1 is the number of orbit types of the G action on M.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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