Mod \(p\) decompositions of the loop spaces of compact symmetric spaces (Q2351937)

Let \(p\) be an odd prime and recall that a compact Lie group \(G\) is called quasi-\(p\)-regular if it is \(p\)-locally homotopy equivalent to a product of spheres and sphere bundles over spheres. Let \(G\) be a \(p\)-regular compact Lie group and let \(G/H\) be a compact irreducible simply connected Riemannian symmetric space. In this situation, the authors study the homotopy type of the loop space \(\Omega (G/H)\). In particular, in this paper, for \(p\geq 5\) they obtain an explicit \(p\)-local homotopy decomposition of \(\Omega (G/H)\) whose factors are spheres, sphere bundles over spheres and loops of these spaces. Moreover, as an application they also obtain an upper bound for the homotopy exponent of \(G/H\).