New proof of two Berstein-Hilton theorems (Q2750873)

The authors give simple, purely homotopy theoretical proofs of the following classical results of Berstein and Hilton.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(A) If \(X\) is an \((n-1)\)-connected \(\text{co-}H\)-space of dimension \(\leq 3n-3\), \(n\geq 2\) then \(X\) has the \(\text{co-}H\)-type of a suspension.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(B) If \(X\) has dimension \(\leq 3n-2\) and \(Y\) is \((n-1)\)-connected, \(n\geq 1\), then every \(\text{co-}H\)-map \(\Sigma X \to \Sigma Y\) is homotopic to a suspension map.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEA conceptually even simpler proof of (A) along similar lines exploiting the theory of homotopy pushouts and pullbacks can be found in [\textit{J. Klein}, \textit{R. Schwänzl}, and \textit{R. M. Vogt}, Topology Appl. 77, No. 1, 1-18 (1997; Zbl 0874.55010)].