Monoids related to self homotopy equivalences of fibred product (Q6113244)

The group of homotopy classes of self-homotopy equivalences \(\mbox{Aut}(X)\) of a connected based space \(X\) has been studied extensively for a long time (e.g., [\textit{M. Arkowitz}, Lect. Notes Math. 1425, 170--203 (1990; Zbl 0713.55004) and \textit{J. W. Rutter}, Spaces of homotopy self-equivalences. A survey. Berlin: Springer (1997; Zbl 0889.55004)]). Various subgroups of \(\mbox{Aut}(X)\) have also been studied: e.g., the subgroup that consists of the self-homotopy equivalences that induce the identity homomorphism on homotopy groups up to a certain range (cf. [\textit{M. Arkowitz} and \textit{K.-i. Maruyama}, Topology Appl. 87, No. 2, 133--154 (1998; Zbl 0929.55008) and \textit{K. Tsukiyama}, Hiroshima Math. J. 5, 215--222 (1975; Zbl 0309.55015)]). Motivated by this, \textit{H. W. Choi} and \textit{K. Y. Lee} [Topology Appl. 181, 104--111 (2015; Zbl 1307.55002)] introduced a sequence of monoids related to \(\mbox{Aut}(X)\) and studied two invariants: self-closeness number and self-length. \par The authors introduce a nested sequence of monoids \[ \mathcal{U}^k_\sharp(X)= \{f \in [X, X]^B_B;\,\pi_i(f) : \pi_i(X)\stackrel{\approx}{\to}\pi_i(X),\; 0\le i \le k\} \] related to self-homotopy equivalences of fibrewise pointed spaces, such that the limit is the group of homotopy classes of fibrewise pointed self-equivalences. This monoid is explored for fibred products in terms of individual spaces. Furthermore, two related invariants associated to these monoids: self-closeness number and self-length are studied.