On a conjecture of Yamaguchi and Yokura (Q1989026)

Summary: Let \(F \rightarrow E \xrightarrow{p} B\) be a fibration of simply connected elliptic spaces. Our paper investigates the conjecture proposed by \textit{T. Yamaguchi} and \textit{S. Yokura} [Afr. Diaspora J. Math. 21, No. 1, 81--86 (2018; Zbl 1410.55007)], which states that \(\dim \operatorname{Ker} \pi_* (p)_{\mathbb{Q}} \leq \dim \operatorname{Ker} H_*(p;\mathbb{Q})+1\). Our goal is to prove this conjecture when \(F\) and \(B\) satisfy the condition \(\pi_{\text{even}} (F)_{\mathbb{Q}} = \pi_{\text{even}} (B)_{\mathbb{Q}}=0\). We go also on to establish a well-known conjecture of Hilali for a class of spaces which puts it into the context of fibrations.