Torsion invariants and finite transformation groups. (English) Zbl 0426.57013

Rothenberg, Mel

Algebr. geom. Topol., Stanford/Calif. 1976, Proc. Symp. Pure Math., Vol. 32, Part 1, 267-311 (1978).

MSC:

57S25	Groups acting on specific manifolds
57S17	Finite transformation groups
18F25	Algebraic \(K\)-theory and \(L\)-theory (category-theoretic aspects)
54H15	Transformation groups and semigroups (topological aspects)
57Q10	Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc.

Keywords:

Reidemeister torsion; Whitehead torsion; non-free actions; equivariant s- cobordism theorem; smooth G-actions on disks; orthogonal actions on spheres; piecewise linear G-manifolds