The universality conjecture for T2n−1(pr)T_{2n-1}(p^r)

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Let pp be a prime, let n,rn,r be positive integers, and let P2n(pr)→iT2n−1(pr)P^{2n}(p^r)\xrightarrow{i}T_{2n-1}(p^r) be the canonical map. A space ZZ is strongly (2n,r)(2n,r)-subexponential if

pr+kπi(Z)=0p^{r+k}\pi_i(Z)=0

for all i⩽2npk+1i\leqslant 2np^{k+1} and k⩾0k\geqslant 0. An Abelian H-space is an H-space whose multiplication is homotopy commutative and homotopy associative. Universality conjecture. The map

P2n(pr)→iT2n−1(pr)P^{2n}(p^r)\xrightarrow{i}T_{2n-1}(p^r)

is universal for targets which are strongly (2n,r)(2n,r)-subexponential Abelian H-spaces: every map from P2n(pr)P^{2n}(p^r) to such a target extends, in the relevant H-space sense, through T2n−1(pr)T_{2n-1}(p^r). This proposed strengthening is intended to make Tm(pr)T_m(p^r) an acceptable target for the program of constructing universal Abelian H-spaces; the supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

References

Primary source

Brayton Gray, “Universal Abelian H-spaces”, arXiv:1102.0808 (2011).

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