On phantom maps and a theorem of H. Miller (Q1099440): Difference between revisions

A map is a phantom map if its restriction to a finite subcomplex is null homotopic. Using H. Miller's proof of the Sullivan conjecture the author extends the class of spaces for which the Sullivan conjecture is valid. Then he investigates the phenomena of phantom maps and achieves a deep understanding of them. Two very interesting consequences are: (a) Any map from a space with finitely many nonvanishing homotopy groups into a finite complex is a phantom map. (b) Any fibration \(F\to E\to B\) is trivial over any skeleton of B if B is 2-connected with finitely many nonzero homotopy groups and F is a finite complex.