A group action of a topological group 
on a topological space 
is said to be a proper group action if the mapping
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is a proper map, i.e., inverses of compact sets are compact.
A proper action must have compact isotropy groups at all points of 
.
Proper Group Action
See also
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Proper Group Action." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ProperGroupAction.html