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arxiv: 1311.7629 · v2 · pith:ARCSESWVnew · submitted 2013-11-29 · 🧮 math.GR · math.AT

Bredon-Poincare Duality Groups

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If $G$ is a group which admits a manifold model for $\mathrm{B}G$ then $G$ is a Poincar\'e duality group. We study a generalisation of Poincar\'e duality groups, introduced initially by Davis and Leary, motivated by groups $G$ with cocompact manifold models $M$ for $\underline{\mathrm{E}}G$ where $M^H$ is a contractible submanifold for all finite subgroups $H$ of $G$. 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 $M$ where the dimensions of the submanifolds $M^H$ 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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