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Cellularization of classifying spaces and fusion properties of finite groups

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

One way to understand the mod p homotopy theory of classifying spaces of finite groups is to compute their BZ/p-cellularization. In the easiest cases this is a classifying space of a finite group (always a finite p-group). If not, we show that it has infinitely many non-trivial homotopy groups. Moreover they are either p-torsion free or else infinitely many of them contain p-torsion. By means of techniques related to fusion systems we exhibit concrete examples where p-torsion appears.

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@article{arxiv.math/0501442,
  title  = {Cellularization of classifying spaces and fusion properties of finite groups},
  author = {R. J. Flores and J. Scherer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0501442},
  year   = {2007}
}

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18 pages