Sylow theorems for $\infty$-groups
Algebraic Topology
2017-03-10 v2
Abstract
Viewing Kan complexes as -groupoids implies that pointed and connected Kan complexes are to be viewed as -groups. A fundamental question is then: to what extent can one "do group theory" with these objects? In this paper we develop a notion of a finite -group: an -group with finitely many non-trivial homotopy groups which are all finite. We prove a homotopical analog of the Sylow theorems for finite -groups. We derive two corollaries: the first is a homotopical analog of the Burnside's fixed point lemma for -groups and the second is a "group-theoretic" characterization of (finite) nilpotent spaces.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1602.04494,
title = {Sylow theorems for $\infty$-groups},
author = {Matan Prasma and Tomer M. Schlank},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.04494},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
To appear in Topology and its applications