A $p$-local splitting of $B\textrm {U}(n)$
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Abstract:
Let $p$ be a prime and let $n > 1$. A necessary and sufficient condition that the classifying space $BU(n)$ is $p$-equivalent to the product of nontrivial spaces is that $p$ does not divide $n$.References
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- © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 307-311
- MSC: Primary 55R35; Secondary 55R40
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0801344-3
- MathSciNet review: 801344