Homology decompositions for classifying spaces of compact Lie groups

Strounine, Alexei

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-00-02427-2

Homology decompositions for classifying spaces of compact Lie groups
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Abstract:

Let $p$ be a prime number and $G$ be a compact Lie group. A homology decomposition for the classifying space $BG$ is a way of building $BG$ up to mod $p$ homology as a homotopy colimit of classifying spaces of subgroups of $G$. In this paper we develop techniques for constructing such homology decompositions. Jackowski, McClure and Oliver (Homotopy classification of self-maps of BG via $G$-actions, Ann. of Math. 135 (1992), 183–270) construct a homology decomposition of $BG$ by classifying spaces of $p$-stubborn subgroups of $G$. Their decomposition is based on the existence of a finite-dimensional mod $p$ acyclic $G$-$CW$-complex with restricted set of orbit types. We apply our techniques to give a parallel proof of the $p$-stubborn decomposition of $BG$ which does not use this geometric construction.

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