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Homotopy properties of regular mappings into real retract rational varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2026-02-16 v3 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We study homotopy properties of regular mappings from spheres into a real retract rational variety YY. We show that the homotopy classes which are represented by such mappings form subgroups of the homotopy groups of YY, and that the groups are independent of the choice of the basepoint on YY as long as YY is connected. We also construct regular representatives of all the Whitehead products in all the homotopy groups of YY.

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@article{arxiv.2505.11203,
  title  = {Homotopy properties of regular mappings into real retract rational varieties},
  author = {Juliusz Banecki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.11203},
  year   = {2026}
}