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On the history of the Hopf problem

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Abstract

This short note serves as a historical introduction to the Hopf problem: "Does there exist a complex structure on S6S^6?" This unsolved mathematical question was the subject of the Conference "MAM 1 - (Non-)Existence of Complex Structures on S6S^6", which took place at Philipps-Universit\"at Marburg, Germany, between March 27th and March 30th, 2017.

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@article{arxiv.1708.01068,
  title  = {On the history of the Hopf problem},
  author = {Ilka Agricola and Giovanni Bazzoni and Oliver Goertsches and Panagiotis Konstantis and Sönke Rollenske},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.01068},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

7 pages, contains some open questions. Comments are welcome!