A homotopy group of the symmetric space SO(2n)/U(n)

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Authors Hideaki Ōshima

Publication date 1984

Published in Osaka Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

(2n\(+1)st\) homotopy group of SO(2n)/U(n)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy groups of special spaces (55Q52) Homotopy groups of topological groups and homogeneous spaces (57T20)

Review text

The purpose of this paper is to prove \(\pi_{2n+1}(SO(2n)/U(n))={\mathbb{Z}}_ 2 \oplus {\mathbb{Z}}_{n!/2}\) for \(n\equiv 2 (mod 4)\). It solves an ambiguity in the paper of \textit{B. Harris} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 106, 174-184 (1963; Zbl 0117.165)].

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