Simplicial group models for \(\Omega ^ nS^ nX\) (Q756766)

Starting with a pointed simplicial set X, \textit{J. Milnor} [in the book of \textit{J. F. Adams}: Algebraic topology - A student's guide (1972; Zbl 0234.55002)] on the one hand and \textit{M. G. Barratt} and \textit{P. J. Eccles} [Topology 13, 25-45 (1974; Zbl 0292.55010)] on the other defined free simplicial groups having the homotopy type of \(\Omega\) \(S| X|\) and \(\Omega^{\infty}S^{\infty}| X|\) respectively. The present author fills the gap between 1 and \(\infty\) by defining free simplicial groups \(\Gamma^{(n)}\) of the homotopy type of \(\Omega^ nS^ n| X|\) for every natural number n. These yield a filtration of the Barratt-Eccles group \(\Gamma\) X weakly equivalent to the corresponding filtration of \(\Omega^{\infty}S^{\infty}| X|\).