The effect of cell-attachment on the group of self-equivalences of an \(R\)-localized space (Q496293)

Let \(R \subset \mathbb{Q}\) be a ring with least non-invertible prime \(p\). Let \(X\) be a finite simply connected CW complex, and let \(X_R\) denote the \(R\)-localization of \(X\). Let \(X^n\) be the \(n\)-skeleton of \(X\). Let \(\mathcal{E}(X)\) denote the group of homotopy equivalence classes of homotopy self-homotopy equivalences of \(X\), and let \(\mathcal{E}_*(X)\subset \mathcal{E}(X)\) be the subgroup consisting of self-homotopy equivalences which induce the identity map on \(H_*(X,\mathbb{Z})\). In this paper, the authors consider the situation in which \[ X=X^q=X^n\cup_{\alpha}\Big(\bigcup_{i=1}^je^q_j\Big)\qquad (n<q\leq k+1) \] and \(1\leq m<k\) with \(k<\min (m+2p-3,mp-1)\). Under the above situation, they prove that there are short exact sequences \[\begin{tikzcd} 0 \rar & \bigoplus \pi_q(X^n_R) \rar & \mathcal{E}(X_R) \rar & C^q \rar & 0\\ 0 \rar & \bigoplus \pi_q(X^n_R) \rar & \mathcal{E}_*(X_R) \rar & C^q_* \rar & 0\rlap{\,,}\end{tikzcd} \] where \(C^q\subset \text{GL}_j(R)\times \mathcal{E}(X^n_R)\) and the subgroup \(C^q_*\subset C^q\) is contained in \(\text{GL}_k(R)\times\mathcal{E}_*(X^n_R)\) with \(k\) the rank of the boundary homomorphism \[ \pi_{n+1}(X^q,X^n)_R\to \pi_n(X^n,X^{n-1})_R \] in the long exact sequence of the triple \((X^q,X^n,X^{n-1})\). Moreover, as an application they also deduce some explicit calculations of both groups for spaces with few cells.