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Deconstructing Hopf spaces

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

We characterize Hopf spaces with finitely generated cohomology as an algebra over the Steenrod algebra. We "deconstruct" the original space into an H-space Y with finite mod p cohomology and a finite number of p-torsion Eilenberg-Mac Lane spaces. We give a precise description of homotopy commutative H-spaces in this setting.

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@article{arxiv.math/0404031,
  title  = {Deconstructing Hopf spaces},
  author = {Natalia Castellana and Juan A. Crespo and Jerome Scherer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0404031},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

17 pages, Section 6 replaces an incorrect proof of former Proposition 6.2