Higher homotopy commutativity and extension of maps
Author:
F. D. Williams
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1970), 664-670
MSC:
Primary 55.40
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0273613-9
MathSciNet review:
0273613
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Abstract: Let $X$ denote the cartesian product of based spaces, $X = {X_1} \times \cdots \times {X_n}$, and $A = {X_1} \vee \cdots \vee {X_n}$, the subspace consisting of their one-point union. Further, let $g:A \to Y$ be a map, for $Y$ any based space. This article develops a criterion for the extendibility of $g$ to a map $G:X \to Y$. The criterion is in terms of higher products which live in the Pontryagin ring of $\Omega Y$, the loop space of $Y$.
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Keywords:
Homotopy commutativity,
loop space,
suspension,
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homology ring,
higher products,
Grassmann manifold
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