A Samelson product and homotopy-associativity

Schiffman, Stephen J.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0500934-1

A Samelson product and homotopy-associativity
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 70 (1978), 189-195 Request permission

Abstract:

A certain Samelson (commutator) product is computed in the homotopy groups of a finite H-space. This result is applied to the study of H-maps in ${\pi _3}$ of that space, and to the study of multiplications on Lie groups.

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