The adjoint action of the Dwyer-Wilkerson H-space on its loop space

DOI10.1215/KJM/1250518840MaRDI QIDQ1896019zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Akira Kono, Kazumoto Kozima

Publication date 19 June 1996

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1215/kjm/1250518840

zbMATH Keywords

adjoint and commutator mapsbased loopsDwyer-Wilkerson complexfree loopsLie groupSamelson productstopological groupWhitehead product

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General properties and structure of other Lie groups (22E20) Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67)

Review text

Let \(G\) be a compact, connected, simply connected Lie group with unit \(e\). Denote by \(\Lambda G\) the space of free loops on \(G\) and by \(\Omega G\) the space of based loops on \(G\) with base point \(e\). \(\Lambda G\) is a topological group and \(\Omega G\) is a closed normal subgroup. We can define a map \(Ad : G \times \Omega G \to \Omega G\) by \(Ad (g,l) (t) = gl(t) g^{-1}\). The author computes the cohomological structures of the space associated with the Dwyer-Wilkerson complex B. The main result is deduced from these computations. The non-triviality of the adjoint map \(Ad\) or the commutator map \(\Gamma : G \times \Omega G \to \Omega G\) defined by \(\Gamma (g,l) = gl(t) g^{-1} l(t)^{-1}\) is a reflection of some geometrical properties of \(G\) and has connections with other invariants like Whitehead and Samelson products. The formulas for \(Ad^*\) and \(\Gamma^*\) are computed.

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