- Research Article
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- 10.2307/2041548
The Lefschetz Fixed Point Theorem for Compact Groups
- Sep 01, 1977
- Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
- Ronald J Knill
It is shown that every compact group G is a -simplicial space where Q is any field of characteristic zero.As a consequence it follows that G satisfies a variation of the Lefschetz fixed point theorem.It has been known for some time that the Lefschetz fixed point theorem applies to a few spaces other than just ANR spaces, especially if some care is taken to use coefficients in certain fields [2].The case of all compact groups provides a broad class of spaces which may not have local connectivity of any order.It is shown that every compact group G satisfies the Lefschetz fixed point theorem when coefficients for the homology groups are taken in a field of characteristic zero.1. Theorem.Let G be a compact group.Then G is an inverse limit of Lie groups G = proj lim GM and if f : G" -> G is a homomorphism belonging to this inverse system, then there is a commutative diagram of covering compact Lie groups Presented to the Society, January 18,
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