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The purpose of this note is to exhibit some simple and basic constructions for smooth compact transformation groups, and some of their most immediate applications to geometry.
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Grove, K., Searle, C. Global G-Manifold Reductions and Resolutions. Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry 18, 437–446 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006740932080
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