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On Chern Characters and the Structure of the unitary group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. F. Adams
J. F. Adams
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Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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The purpose of this paper is twofold. In order to state our first aim, let U denote the ‘infinite’ unitary group, and let BU be a classifying space for U. Then Bott (2),(3) has shown that we propose to investigate the ‘Postnikov system’ of BU.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , April 1961 , pp. 189 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1961

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