On Lusternik–Schnirelmann category of {\bf SO}(10)

Abstract: Let

G

be a compact connected Lie group and

p : E o S i g m a A

be a principal G-bundle with a characteristic map

a l p h a : A o G

, where

A = S i g m a A_{0}

for some

A_{0}

. Let

K_{i} o F_{i - 1} h o o k r i g h t a r r o w F_{i}, |, 1 l e i l e n,, F_{0} = a s t; F_{1} = S i g m a K_{1}; e x t a n d; F_{n} s i m e q G

be a cone-decomposition of

G

of length

m

and

F'_{1} = S i g m a K'_{1} s u b s e t F_{1}

with

K'_{1} s u b s e t K_{1}

which satisfy

F_{i} F'_{1} s u b s e t F_{i + 1}

up to homotopy for any

i

. Our main result is as follows: we have

o p e r a t o r n a m e c a t (X) l e m + 1

, if firstly the characteristic map

a l p h a

is compressible into

F'_{1}

, secondly the Berstein-Hilton Hopf invariant

H_{1} (a l p h a)

vanishes in

[A, O m e g a F'_{1} a s t O m e g a F'_{1}]

and thirdly

K_{m}

is a sphere. We apply this to the principal bundle

m a t h r m S O (9) h o o k r i g h t a r r o w m a t h r m S O (10) o S^{9}

to determine L-S category of

m a t h r m S O (10)

.

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