Realizing regular representations of finite groups

Abstract

Given a regular representation of a finite group G and a positive integer number n, we construct a (finite) topological space X such that its group of homotopy classes of selfhomotopy equivalences E(X) and its group of homeomorphisms Aut(X) are isomorphic to G, and the action of G on the n-th homology group Hn(X) is the regular representation. We also discuss other representations