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The Kahn–Priddy theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. F. Adams
Affiliation:
D.P.M.M.S., Cambridge

Extract

Let ΦSr(X) be the stable homotopy group

where SnX means the n-fold suspension of X. For example, the groups ΦSr(S0) are the stable homotopy groups of spheres. Let

be the ‘infinite-dimensional’ orthogonal group. Then topologists are familiar with the ‘stable J-homomorphism’

G. W. Whitehead observed that J factors through an ‘even more stable’ J-homomorphism

he conjectured that J′ is epi (for r > 0).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1973

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