Rational self-homotopy equivalences and Whitehead exact sequence (Q847589)

For a simply connected CW complex \(X\), consider its set of homotopy classes of self-homotopy equivalences, and the subset of those which induce the identity on homotopy groups. Under composition, these are groups, with the latter being a normal subgroup of the larger group. In a natural way, the quotient is a subgroup of the automorphism group of the homotopy of \(X\). The author studies this subgroup in the case that \(X\) is a rational space. He translates this problem over to the corresponding problem in the homotopy theory of minimal cochain commutative algebras over the rationals. Various exact sequences involving these groups are obtained.