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An example for homotopy commutativity of h-spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

F. D. Williams
Affiliation:
New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces New Mexico 88003, U.S.A.
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In this note we give an example of a homotopy commutative H-space X that is not dominated by any homotopy associative, homotopy commutative H-space. In particular, X is not dominated by Ω2S2X.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1975

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