Samelson products in the exceptional Lie group of rank 2 (Q818036)

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    23 March 2006
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    The purpose of this article is to study the Samelson products in the exceptional Lie group \(G_2\). The main result determines the Samelson product of \(\pi_{3}(G_2)\) and \(\pi_{11}(G_2)\), with applications to the self-maps of \(G_2\), and the multiplicative structure on \(G_2\).
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    Lie groups
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    homotopy groups
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    Samelson products
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