Relative homotopy abelian \(H\)-spaces (Q2420666)

Let $X$ be a pointed, path-connected space having the homotopy type of a CW complex. If $Z$ is a homotopy associative $H$-space and $f:X\to Z$ is a map such that the Samelson product $(f,f)$ is null homotopic, then the pair $(f,Z)$ is said to be \textit{homotopy associative and homotopy commutative relative to} $X$. \par Let $J_2(\Sigma X)$ denote the second stage of the James construction for $\Sigma X$ and let us consider the homotopy cofibration sequence $$ \Sigma X \wedge X \stackrel{[1,1]}{\longrightarrow}\Sigma X \stackrel{j}{\longrightarrow} J_2(\Sigma X) $$ where $[1,1]$ denotes the Whitehead product of the identity map on $\Sigma X$. Let $\iota :X\to \Omega J_2(\Sigma X)$ be the the adjoint of $j$ given by the composite $X\stackrel{E}{\longrightarrow}\Omega\Sigma X\stackrel{\Omega j}{\longrightarrow} \Omega J_2(\Sigma X),$ where $E$ is the suspension map. \par In this paper the authors show that the pair $(\iota ,\Omega J_2(\Sigma X))$ is homotopy associative and homotopy commutative relative to $X$ and they prove that it has some weaker universal properties.