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Stable indecomposability of loop spaces on symplectic groups

Author(s): Kouyemon Iriye
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 727-733.
MSC (2000): Primary 55P35
Posted: October 25, 2007
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Abstract: We prove that $ \Omega Sp(n)$ is stably indecomposable if $ n\geq2$ or $ n=\infty$.


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Additional Information:

Kouyemon Iriye
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531 Japan
Email: kiriye@mi.s.osakafu-u.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09144-7
PII: S 0002-9939(07)09144-7
Keywords: Stable indecomposability, loop space, symplectic groups.
Received by editor(s): March 8, 2006
Received by editor(s) in revised form: June 12, 2006
Posted: October 25, 2007
Additional Notes: The author is partially suported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research.
Dedicated: Dedicated to the memory of Professor Masahiro Sugawara
Communicated by: Paul Goerss
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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