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A new approach to mod 2 decompositions of BSU(2) and BSO(3)

Algebraic Topology 2020-04-17 v1

Abstract

Dwyer, Miller and Wilkerson proved that at the prime 2, the classifying spaces of SU(2) and SO(3) can be obtained as a homotopy pushout of the classifying spaces of certain subgroups. In this paper we show explicitly how these decompositions arise from the fusion systems of SU(2) and SO(3) over maximal discrete 2-toral subgroups.

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@article{arxiv.2004.07306,
  title  = {A new approach to mod 2 decompositions of BSU(2) and BSO(3)},
  author = {Eva Belmont and Natàlia Castellana and Jelena Grbić and Kathryn Lesh and Michelle Strumila},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.07306},
  year   = {2020}
}

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19 pages. Women in Topology 2019