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The Fibre of the Double Suspension is an H-Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Paul Selick*
Affiliation:
University of TorontoScarborough Campus Scarborough, Ontario MIC 1A4
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Abstract

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In this paper we show that the homotopy-theoretic fibre of the double suspension map E2:S2n-1 → Ω2S2n+1 is an H-space.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1985

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