Journal of Lie Theory 18 (2008), No. 2, 351--368
Copyright Heldermann Verlag 2008
Survey on the Burnside Ring of Compact Lie Groups
Halvard Fausk
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Oslo, 1053 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
fausk@math.uio.no
The definition and basic properties of the Burnside ring of compact Lie groups are presented, with emphasis on the analogy with the construction of the Burnside ring of finite groups.
Keywords: Burnside ring, compact Lie groups.
MSC: 19A22
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