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On the structure of spaces of commuting elements in compact Lie groups

Algebraic Topology 2012-03-27 v1

Abstract

In this note we study topological invariants of the spaces of homomorphisms Hom(\pi,G), where \pi\ is a finitely generated abelian group and G is a compact Lie group arising as an arbitrary finite product of the classical groups SU(r), U(q) and Sp(k).

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@article{arxiv.1203.5439,
  title  = {On the structure of spaces of commuting elements in compact Lie groups},
  author = {Alejandro Adem and José Manuel Gómez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.5439},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Accepted for publication in the proceedings of the conference: Configuration spaces: Geometry, Combinatorics and Topology. Scuola Normale Superiore