On [X,U(n)] when X is 2n

DOI10.1215/KJM/1250283730MaRDI QIDQ1890281zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hiroaki Hamanaka, Akira Kono

Publication date 29 December 2004

Published in Journal of Mathematics of Kyoto University (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1215/kjm/1250283730

zbMATH Keywords

cohomologyCW complexK-theoryset of homotopy classesunitary group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological (K)-theory (55N15) Homotopy groups, general; sets of homotopy classes (55Q05)

Review text

For a CW complex \(X\) and the topological group \(U(n)\) the symbol \(U_n(X)\) denotes the group \([X,U(n)]\) of homotopy classes of maps of \(X\) into \(U(n)\). If dim\(X < 2n\), then \(U_n(X)\) equals \(\tilde{K}^1(X)\) and one may say that \(U_n(X)\) is ``the unstable \(\tilde{K}^1\)-theory. The authors investigate, and obtain several results, the case when \(dim X = 2n\), in which case \(U_n(X)\) may be non-abelian. If \(\dim X \leq 2n\), they find a homomorphism \(\Theta: \tilde{K}^0(X) \to H^{2n}(X;\mathbb Z)\), such that the following exact sequence holds\newline \[ \tilde{K}^0(X) \to H^{2n}(X;\mathbb Z) \to U_n(X) \to \tilde{K}^1(X) \to 0 \] and it is natural. These results are based on investigations of the Coker\(\Theta = N_n(X)\). Among the results obtained we mention the following that has a simple formulation: If in addition \(X\) is finite, then \(N_n(X)\) is a finite Abelian group and the order of any element in \(N_n(X)\) divides \(n!\).

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