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A note on the P-homomorphism in homotopy groups of spheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. J. Hilton
Affiliation:
Pembroke CollegeCambridge

Extract

The homomorphism of the title is a homomorphism of πr(Sn) into πr+n−1(Sn) given by

where ι generates πn(Sn). Various results on the P-homomorphism were proved in (4); in particular it was shown that, if ηn generates πn+1(Sn), n ≥ 2, then

Type
Research Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955

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