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On the third homotopy group of Orr's space

Algebraic Topology 2018-03-16 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

K. Orr defined a Milnor-type invariant of links that lies in the third homotopy group of a certain space Kω.K_\omega. The problem of non-triviality of this third homotopy group has been open. We show that it is an infinitely generated group. The question of realization of its elements as links remains open.

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@article{arxiv.1703.10537,
  title  = {On the third homotopy group of Orr's space},
  author = {Emmanuel D. Farjoun and Roman Mikhailov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.10537},
  year   = {2018}
}