Homology of the double loop space of the homogeneous space \(SU(n)/SO(n)\) (Q5953112)

The goal of this paper is to compute \(H_*(\Omega_0^2 (\text{SU}(n)/\text{SO}(n)); \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})\), the mod~2 homology of a path component of the double loop space of the homogeneous space SU(\(n\))/SO(\(n\)) as an algebra. The key to the computation is the simultaneous use of the Serre and Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequences, together with the stabilization SU(\(n\))/SO(\(n)\to\;\)SU/SO. The data available from Bott periodicity allows a comparison of spectral sequences via naturality and this decides the differentials. Extension problems can be decided by the Steenrod algebra structure. The author uses these methods to compute \(H_*(\Omega(\text{SU}(n)/ \text{SO}(n)); \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})\) in the first half of the paper. The explicit description of these algebras is too complex to state in this review. The computation is useful beyond algebraic topology because the space \({\mathcal L}(\mathbb{R}^{2n})\) of all symplectic subspaces of \((\mathbb{R}^{2n}, \omega = \sum_i dx_i\wedge dy_i)\) is diffeomorphic to U(\(n\))/O(\(n\)) and so the homology of the loop space and double loop space are determined as part of the author's work.