Adams operations on classical compact Lie groups

Fok, Chi-Kwong

doi:10.1090/proc/13422

Adams operations on classical compact Lie groups
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by Chi-Kwong Fok

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 145 (2017), 2799-2813

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/13422

Published electronically: January 27, 2017

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Abstract:

Let $G$ be $U(n)$, $SU(n)$, $Sp(n)$ or $Spin(n)$. In this short note we give explicit general formulas for Adams operations on $K^*(G)$ and eigenvectors of Adams operations on $K^*(U(n))$.

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