Phantom maps and spaces of the same \(n\)-type for all \(n\) (Q5905549)

For spaces \(X,Y\) let \(Ph(X,Y)\) be the set of phantom maps from \(X\) to \(Y\) and let \(SNT(X)\) be the set of all homotopy types having the same \(n\)- type of \(X\) for all \(n\). Building the cofibre resp. homotopy fibre of a map yields (pointed) maps \(C : Ph(X,Y)\rightarrow SNT(Y\vee\Sigma X)\) and \(F : Ph(X,Y)\rightarrow SNT(X\times\Omega Y)\). In a paper of \textit{C. A. McGibbon} and \textit{J. M. Møller} [Topology 31, No. 1, 177-201 (1992; reviewed below, see Zbl 0764.55012)] it is shown that for nilpotent \(Z\) of finite type, the set \(SNT(Z)\) is either trivial or uncountable. In the present paper it is proved that for \(X=K({\mathbf Z},n)\) the image of the map \(F\) and for \(Y={\mathbf S}^ n\) the image of \(C\) is uncountable whenever there are nontrivial phantom maps. The technique of the paper allows the construction of spaces \(Z\) having the same \(n\)-type as \(Z\) (for all \(n\)) and the same genus as \(Z\) but not homotopy equivalent to \(Z\).