\(H\)-spaces analogous to \(E_8\bmod 3\) (Q1762716)

Let \(p\) be an odd prime and \(X_ 0\) be a finite, \(p\)-local, simply connected homotopy associative \(H\)-space. The main result of the paper says (roughly) that if \(H^ \ast (X_ 0; \mathbb Z_p)\) behaves (in a sense specified in the paper) analogously to the cohomology algebra \(H^ \ast (E_ 8; \mathbb Z_3)\) of the compact exceptional Lie group \(E_ 8\), then \(p\) must be \(3\). The proof is based on an analysis of the restricted Lie algebra of homology primitives \(PH_ \ast(X_ 0; \mathbb Z_ p)\).