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Exponents and suspension
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2002
Abstract
Let X be a finite CW-complex. We show that the image of the homotopy groups of X under suspension have an exponent at every prime. As a corollary we recover Long's result that finite H-spaces have exponents at all primes. We show that the stable homotopy groups of X have an exponent at p if and only if X is rationally equivalent to a point. This allows us to construct many examples of spaces with infinite dimensional rational homotopy groups and without an exponent at any prime. These examples further support Moore's conjecture.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 133 , Issue 1 , July 2002 , pp. 109 - 116
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- 2002 Cambridge Philosophical Society
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