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On the same $N$-type of the suspension of the infinite quaternionic projective space

Algebraic Topology 2015-03-17 v1

Abstract

Let [ρik,[ρik1,...,[ρi1,ρi2]...]][\rho_{i_k},[\rho_{i_{k-1}},...,[\rho_{i_{1}}, \rho_{i_2}] ...]] be an iterated commutator of self-maps ρij:ΣHPΣHP,j=1,2,...,k\rho_{i_j} : \Sigma {\Bbb H}P^\infty \to \Sigma {\Bbb H}P^\infty, j = 1,2, ..., k on the suspension of the infinite quaternionic projective space. In this paper, it is shown that the image of the homomorphism induced by the adjoint of this commutator is both primitive and decomposable. The main result in this paper asserts that the set of all homotopy types of spaces having the same nn-type as the suspension of the infinite quaternionic projective space is the one element set consisting of a single homotopy type. Moreover, it is also shown that the group Aut(πn(ΣHP)/torsion)\text{Aut}(\pi_{\leq n} (\Sigma {\Bbb H}P^\infty)/\text{torsion}) of automorphisms is finite for n9n \leq 9, and infinite for n13n \geq 13, and that Aut(π(ΣHP)/torsion)\text{Aut}(\pi_{*} (\Sigma {\Bbb H}P^\infty)/\text{torsion}) becomes non-abelian.

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@article{arxiv.1004.5221,
  title  = {On the same $N$-type of the suspension of the infinite quaternionic projective space},
  author = {Dae-Woong Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.5221},
  year   = {2015}
}