Abstract: | This note is concerned with stable G-equivariant homology and cohomology theories (G a compact Lie group). In important cases, when H-equivariant theories are defined naturally for all closed subgroups H of G, we show that the G-(co)homology groups of G xH X are isomorphic with H-(co)homology groups of X. We introduce the concept of orientability of G-vector bundles and manifolds with respect to an equivariant cohomology theory and prove a duality theorem which implies an equivariant analogue of Poincaré-Lefschetz duality. |