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On Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of SO(10)

Algebraic Topology 2015-03-13 v3

Abstract

Let GG be a compact connected Lie group and p:EΣAp : E\to \Sigma A be a principal G-bundle with a characteristic map α:AG\alpha : A\to G, where A=ΣA0A=\Sigma A_{0} for some A0A_{0}. Let {KiFi1Fi1in,F0={}  F1=ΣK1  and  FnG}\{K_{i}{\to} F_{i-1}{\hookrightarrow} F_{i} \,|\, 1{\le} i {\le} n,\, F_{0}{=} \{\ast\} \; F_{1}{=} \Sigma{K_{1}} \; \text{and}\; F_{n}{\simeq} G \} be a cone-decomposition of GG of length mm and F1=ΣK1F1F'_{1}=\Sigma{K'_{1}} \subset F_{1} with K1K1K'_{1} \subset K_{1} which satisfy FiF1Fi+1F_{i}F'_{1} \subset F_{i+1} up to homotopy for any ii. Our main result is as follows: we have cat(X)m+1\operatorname{cat}(X) \le m{+}1, if firstly the characteristic map α\alpha is compressible into F1F'_{1}, secondly the Berstein-Hilton Hopf invariant H1(α)H_{1}(\alpha) vanishes in [A,ΩF1ΩF1][A, \Omega F'_1{\ast}\Omega F'_1] and thirdly KmK_{m} is a sphere. We apply this to the principal bundle SO(9)SO(10)S9\mathrm{SO}(9)\hookrightarrow\mathrm{SO}(10)\to S^{9} to determine L-S category of SO(10)\mathrm{SO}(10).

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@article{arxiv.0712.3637,
  title  = {On Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of SO(10)},
  author = {Norio Iwase and Kai Kikuchi and Toshiyuki Miyauchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.3637},
  year   = {2015}
}

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28 pages, 4 figures