Homotopy groups of certain highly connected manifolds via loop space homology (Q2002606)

Let \(n\geq 2\) and \(d\) be positive integers such that \(d\leq 3n-2\). In this paper the authors study the homotopy types of \((n-1)\)-connected \(d\)-dimensional closed manifolds. In particular, when \(\dim H^*(M;\mathbb{Q})>4\) they show that the \(p\)-local homotopy groups of \(M\) can be determined by the dimension of the space of indecomposable elements in the cohomology ring \(H^*(M;\mathbb{Q})\) and prove that these \(p\)-local homotopy groups can be expressed as the finite \(p\)-local homotopy groups of spheres. Their proof is based on a careful analysis of the loop homology \(H_*(\Omega M;\mathbb{Q})\).