Tammo tom Dieck

On the Homotopy Type of Classifying Spaces.

Let βC (resp. BC) be the Milnor (resp. Milgram) classifying space of a topological category C as defined by G. Segal [13]. We show that βC and BC are homotopy equivalent if the inclusion of the degenerate simplices into the space of all simplices is a cofibration.

On tensor representations of knot algebras

SummaryThe fact that a Yang-Baxter operator defines tensor representations of the Artin braid group has been used to construct knot invariants. The main purpose of this note is to extend the tensor representations of the Artin braid group to representations of the braid groupZ Bk associated to the Coxeter graphBk. This extension is based on some fundamental identities for the standardR-matrices of quantum Lie theory, here called four braid relations. As an application, tensor representations of knot algebras of typeB (Hecke, Temperley-Lieb, Birman-Wenzl-Murakami) are derived.

Homotopy equivalent group representations and Picard groups op the burnside ring and the character ring

We are concerned with the homotopy theory of group representations and its relation to character theory and the theory of the Burnside ring. We combine the methods of tom Dieck — Petrie [4] and torn Dieck [3] to show that the canonical map from the J-group jO(G), a subquotient of the representation ring RO(G), into the Picard group of the rational representation ring is injective for p-groups G. Moreover we compute the order of the cokernel of this map. We show that the Picard group of the rational representation ring is a direct summand in the Picard group of the Burnside ring. Finally we compute the Picard groups if G is abelian and indicate a computation for general G.

Über projektive Moduln und Endlichkeitshindernisse bei Transformationsgruppen

We study projective modules in the category of functors from homogeneous spaces into abelian groups. Such functors have been considered by Bredon [1]. We show that protective functors are determined by a set of ordinary projective modules over suitable group rings. The general notions are applied to give a quick proof for the product formula of the finiteness obstruction for transformation groups. These finiteness obstructions are straightforward extensions of the Swan-Wall obstructions (see e. g. Quinn [7]). They are important in the study of homotopy representations (tom Dieck — Petrie [3], [4]). This work is also related to Rothenberg [8].