$H$-spaces and the suspension homomorphism
Author:
H. B. Haslam
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1970), 689-694
MSC:
Primary 55.40
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0273609-7
MathSciNet review:
0273609
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Abstract: If a space $X$ is an $H$-space, then the homotopy suspension homomorphism is a monomorphism onto a direct factor in all dimensions. We present an example to show that the converse is false.
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suspension homomorphism
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