Abstract:
It is shown that the orbit space of universal (in the sense of Palais) $G$-spaces classifies $G$-spaces. Theorems on the extension of covering homotopy for $G$-spaces and on a homotopy representation
of the isovariant category $\operatorname{ISOV}$ are proved.
Keywords:$G$-space, covering homotopy, compact transformation group, orbit space, universal $G$-space in the sense of Palais, absolute (neighborhood) extensor, classifying space.