The conjecture that the induced smash operation equals the Whitehead product

Let XX be a pointed space, let n1n\geq 1, and let θ~ι\widetilde{\theta}_{\iota} be the operation on homotopy groups induced by the distinguished class ι\iota. For i,j1i,j\geq 1, identify πn+iX\pi_{n+i}X with πiΩnX\pi_i\Omega^nX and π2n+i+j1X\pi_{2n+i+j-1}X with πn1+i+jΩnX\pi_{n-1+i+j}\Omega^nX. Whitehead-product conjecture. The operation θ~ι\widetilde{\theta}_{\iota} coincides with the Whitehead product [,][-,-]; equivalently, the diagram

\xymatrix{\pi_{n+i}X\times\pi_{n+j}X\ar@{=}[d]\ar[r]^-{[-,-]}&\pi_{2n+i+j-1}X\ar@{=}[d]\pi_i\Omega^nX\times\pi_j\Omega^nX\ar[r]^-{\widetilde{\theta}_{\iota}}&\pi_{n-1+i+j}\Omega^nX}

is commutative. A preceding proposition identifies the two operations after applying the Hurewicz homomorphism up to a possible kernel term, while the source leaves equality on homotopy groups as a conjecture.

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Wenbin Zhang, “Operations on Spaces over Operads and Applications to Homotopy Groups”, arXiv:1111.7134 (2011).

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