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group actions on spheres

Urs Schreiber
representation, 2-representation, ∞-representation Grothendieck group, lambda-ring, symmetric function, formal group principal bundle, torsor, vector bundle, Atiyah Lie algebroid Eilenberg-Moore category, algebra over an operad, actegory, crossed module The possible actions of well-behaved topological groups (such as compact Lie groups) on topological or smooth n-spheres display various interesting patterns in their classification. This entry is meant to eventually list and discuss some of...