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Examples of non-formal closed $(k-1)$-connected manifolds of dimensions $\ge 4k-1$

Author(s): Alex N. Dranishnikov; Yuli B. Rudyak
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 1557-1561.
MSC (2000): Primary 55S30; Secondary 55P62, 57Q35
Posted: November 19, 2004
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Abstract: We construct closed $(k-1)$-connected manifolds of dimensions $\ge 4k-1$ that possess non-trivial rational Massey triple products. We also construct examples of manifolds $M$ such that all the cup-products of elements of $H^k(M)$ vanish, while the group $H^{3k-1}(M;\mathbb{Q} )$ is generated by Massey products: such examples are useful for the theory of systols.


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Alex N. Dranishnikov
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, 358 Little Hall, Gainesville, Florida 32611-8105
Email: dranish@math.ufl.edu

Yuli B. Rudyak
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, 358 Little Hall, Gainesville, Florida 32611-8105
Email: rudyak@math.ufl.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07639-7
PII: S 0002-9939(04)07639-7
Received by editor(s): November 17, 2003
Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 9, 2004
Posted: November 19, 2004
Communicated by: Paul Goerss
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society


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