Torsion invariants and finite transformations groups

• Grant number: 24/22100-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2025
• End date: July 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Geometry and Topology
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Roberto Hartmann Junior
• Grantee: Pedro Santos Almeida Neto
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/16455-6 - Algebraic, geometric, and differential topology, AP.TEM

Abstract

We propose to investigate torsion invariants, such as Whitehead Torsion and Reidemeister Torsion, in G-spaces, that is, spaces with an action of a finite group G that is not necessarily free. (AU)