\(C_2\)-equivariant James splitting and \(C_2\)-EHP sequences (Q2219287)

Let \(C_2\) denote the cyclic group of order \(2\) and write \(\sigma\) for the sign representation and \(\rho=1+\sigma\) for the regular representation. The author's first result is the \(C_2\)-equivariant generalization of the James splitting: for a \(C_2\)-representations \(V\) of dimension \(|V|\), there is a \(C_2\)-weak homotopy equivalence \[ \Sigma^\sigma \Omega^\sigma \Sigma^\sigma S^V \simeq \bigvee_{k=1}^\infty S^{|V|k+\sigma}. \] The second result of the paper is the construction of a \(C_2\)-equivariant EHP sequence \[ S^V \xrightarrow{E^\sigma} \Omega^\sigma S^{V+\sigma} \xrightarrow{H^\sigma} \Omega^\sigma S^{V\otimes \rho+ \sigma} \] which provides a tool for computing unstable \(C_2\)-homotopy groups of equivariant spheres. Here \(H^\sigma\) is the Hopf invariant map and \(E^\sigma\) is the suspension (Einhängung) map.