Homotopy representations of the unitary groups

DOI10.2140/AGT.2016.16.1913MaRDI QIDQ312378zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wojciech Lubawski, Krzysztof Ziemiański

Publication date 15 September 2016

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.7467

zbMATH Keywords

classifying spaceunitary grouphomotopy representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classifying spaces of groups and (H)-spaces in algebraic topology (55R35) Maps between classifying spaces in algebraic topology (55R37)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group and let $xi,u$ be complex vector bundles over the classifying space $BG$. The problem we consider is whether $xi$ contains a subbundle which is isomorphic to $u$. The necessary condition is that for every prime $p$ the restriction $xi{|}_{B{N}_p^G}$, where $N_p^G$ is a maximal $p$-toral subgroup of $G$, contains a subbundle isomorphic to $u{|}_{B{N}_p^G}$. We provide a criterion when this condition is sufficient, expressed in terms of $Lambd{a}^{\ast }$-functors of Jackowski, McClure & Oliver and we prove that this criterion applies if $u$ is a universal bundle over $BU(n)$. Our result allows to construct new examples of maps between classifying spaces of unitary groups. While proving the main result, we develop the obstruction theory for lifting maps from homotopy colimits along fibrations, which generalizes the result of Wojtkowiak.

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