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The fibre of the degree 3 map, Anick spaces and the double suspension

Part of: Homotopy theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2020

Steven Amelotte
Steven Amelotte*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester, 915 Hylan Building, Rochester, NY14627, USA ([email protected])
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Abstract

Let S2n+1{p} denote the homotopy fibre of the degree p self map of S2n+1. For primes p ≥ 5, work by Selick shows that S2n+1{p} admits a non-trivial loop space decomposition if and only if n = 1 or p. Indecomposability in all but these dimensions was obtained by showing that a non-trivial decomposition of ΩS2n+1{p} implies the existence of a p-primary Kervaire invariant one element of order p in $\pi _{2n(p-1)-2}^S$. We prove the converse of this last implication and observe that the homotopy decomposition problem for ΩS2n+1{p} is equivalent to the strong p-primary Kervaire invariant problem for all odd primes. For p = 3, we use the 3-primary Kervaire invariant element θ3 to give a new decomposition of ΩS55{3} analogous to Selick's decomposition of ΩS2p+1{p} and as an application prove two new cases of a long-standing conjecture stating that the fibre of the double suspension $S^{2n-1} \longrightarrow \Omega ^2S^{2n+1}$ is homotopy equivalent to the double loop space of Anick's space.

Keywords

loop space decompositiondouble suspensionAnick spaceKervaire invariant

MSC classification

Primary: 55P35: Loop spaces
Secondary: 55P10: Homotopy equivalences
Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , August 2020 , pp. 830 - 843
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Copyright © The Authors, 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on Behalf of The Edinburgh Mathematical Society

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