On framed simple Lie groups (Q329670)

From the author's introduction: A compact connected Lie group \(G\) of dimension \(d\), together with its left invariant framing \(\mathcal L\), defines an element \([G,\mathcal L]\) in \({\pi_d}^S\) via the Thom-Pontrjagin construction. In [Topology 21, 315--323 (1982; Zbl 0491.55008)], \textit{E. Ossa} proved that if \(G\) is semi-simple, then there holds NEWLINE\[NEWLINE 72 [G,\mathcal L] = 0 \text{ or } 24 [G,\mathcal L] = 0 NEWLINE\]NEWLINE according to whether \(G\) is or is not locally isomorphic to a product of \(E_6, E_7, E_8\).NEWLINENEWLINEIn this note we show that when \(G\) is restricted to a simple Lie group, the method of [loc. cit.] allows us to obtain a more conclusive result by altering the expression of a certain specific element.