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Classifying spaces for commutativity of low-dimensional Lie groups

Algebraic Topology 2019-07-17 v2

Abstract

For each of the groups G=O(2),SU(2),U(2)G = O(2), SU(2), U(2), we compute the integral and F2\mathbb{F}_2-cohomology rings of BcomGB_\text{com} G (the classifying space for commutativity of GG), the action of the Steenrod algebra on the mod 2 cohomology, the homotopy type of EcomGE_\text{com} G (the homotopy fiber of the inclusion BcomGBGB_\text{com} G \to BG), and some low-dimensional homotopy groups of BcomGB_\text{com} G.

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@article{arxiv.1802.03632,
  title  = {Classifying spaces for commutativity of low-dimensional Lie groups},
  author = {Omar Antolín-Camarena and Simon Gritschacher and Bernardo Villarreal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03632},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

A shortened version, without the appendices, has been accepted in Math. Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc

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