The conjecture that the induced smash operation equals the Whitehead product
The conjecture that the induced smash operation equals the Whitehead product
Let be a pointed space, let , and let be the operation on homotopy groups induced by the distinguished class . For , identify with and with . Whitehead-product conjecture. The operation 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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Primary source
Wenbin Zhang, “Operations on Spaces over Operads and Applications to Homotopy Groups”, arXiv:1111.7134 (2011).
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