On homotopy self-equivalences of the product A\(\times B\) (Q792659)

A split exact sequence of groups is given for calculating the group \({\mathcal E}(X)\) of self-homotopy equivalence classes of a space X in the case where \(X=A\times B\) is a product. Let A and B be CW complexes with B simply connected and \([B,A]=[A\bigwedge B,\quad A]=\{0\}.\) In addition to the conditions given in the article it may also be necessary to impose a further condition: e.g. A is an H-space or co-H-space. With these latter conditions there is a short exact sequence \[ 1\to Inv([A,a_ 0;B^ B,id_ B])\to {\mathcal E}(A\times B)\to {\mathcal E}(A)\times {\mathcal E}(B)\to 1 \] where Inv denotes the group of invertible elements in the monoid.