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SAMELSON PRODUCTS OF SO(3) AND APPLICATIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2007

YASUHIKO KAMIYAMA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan e-mail: [email protected]
DAISUKE KISHIMOTO
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan e-mail: [email protected]
AKIRA KONO
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan e-mail: [email protected]
SHUICHI TSUKUDA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Certain generalized Samelson products of SO(3) are calculated and applications to the homotopy of gauge groups are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 2007

Footnotes

Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 18340016.

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