Self maps of ℍℙⁿ via the unstable Adams spectral sequence

Granja, Gustavo

doi:10.1090/proc/12577

Self maps of $\mathbb {H}\textrm {P}^n$ via the unstable Adams spectral sequence
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Abstract:

We use obstruction theory based on the unstable Adams spectral sequence to construct self maps of finite quaternionic projective spaces. As a result, a conjecture of Feder and Gitler regarding the classification of self maps up to homology is proved in two new cases.

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