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Subspace {L}usternik-{S}chnirelmann category of quasi-projective quaternionic spaces

Algebraic Topology 2025-09-25 v1

Abstract

Let QnQ_n be the quasi-projective subspace of the symplectic group Sp(n)\mathrm{Sp}(n). In this short note, we prove that the subspace Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of QnQ_n in Sp(n)\mathrm{Sp}(n) is 2. For that, we use a quaternionic logarithm, as Singhof did in the complex case for the determination of the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of the unitary group. Our result generalizes the known case n=2n=2 (by L. Fern\'andez-Su\'arez, A. G\'omez-Tato and D. Tanr\'e) and has to be compared to the equality catQ3=3\mathrm{cat}\,Q_{3}=3, established by N. Iwase and T. Miyauchi.

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@article{arxiv.2509.20210,
  title  = {Subspace {L}usternik-{S}chnirelmann category of quasi-projective quaternionic spaces},
  author = {Enrique Macías-Virgós and Daniel Tanré},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.20210},
  year   = {2025}
}

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6 pages