Contents

pp v-vi

PREFACE

pp vii-viii

PART ONE

pp 1-2

Generators and relations for groups of homeomorphisms

pp 3-20

Affine embeddings of real Lie groups

pp 21-39

Equivariant differential operators of a Lie group

pp 40-50

Equivariant regular neighbourhoods

pp 51-69

Characteristic numbers and equivariant spin cobordism

pp 70-75

Equivariant K-theory and cyclic subgroups

pp 76-91

ℤ/p manifolds with low dimensional fixed point set

pp 92-120

Gaps in the relative degree of symmetry

pp 121-138

Characters do not lie

pp 139-146

Actions of Z/2n on S3

pp 147-153

Periodic homeomorphisms on non-compact 3 manifolds

pp 154-168

Equivariant function spaces and equivariant stable homotopy theory

pp 169-189

A property of a characteristic class of an orbit foliation

pp 190-203

Orbit structure for Lie group actions on higher cohomology projective spaces

pp 204-225

On the existence of group actions on certain manifolds

pp 226-234

PART TWO - (SUMMARIES AND SURVEYS)

pp 235-236

Proper transformation groups

pp 237-248

Problems on group actions on Q manifolds

pp 249-258

A non-abelian view of abelian varieties

pp 259-266

Non compact Lie groups of transformation and invariant operator measures on homogeneous spaces in Hilbert space

pp 267-278

Approximation of simplicial G-maps by equivariantly non degenerate maps

pp 279-283

Equivariant Riemann-Roch type theorems and related topics

pp 284-294

Knots and diffeomorphisms

pp 295-298

Some remarks on free differentiable involutions on homotopy spheres

pp 299-300

Compact transitive isometry spaces

pp 301-304

A problem of Bredon concerning homology manifolds

pp 305-306