Anick's approximation conjecture for elliptic spaces

Let SS be a simply connected finite CW complex, let nn be a natural number, and let SS be a simply connected finite Postnikov piece when the second formulation is considered. An nn-equivalence is the corresponding approximation map through degree nn. Anick's approximation conjecture. Any simply connected finite CW complex SS can be approximated arbitrarily closely on the right by an elliptic space: for each natural number nn there is an elliptic space EnE_n and an nn-equivalence SEnS\to E_n. Equivalently, any simply connected finite Postnikov piece SS can be approximated arbitrarily closely on the left by an elliptic space: for each natural number nn there is an elliptic space EnE_n and an nn-equivalence EnSE_n\to S. The source attributes this problem to Anick and cites its formulation by Félix--Jessup--Murillo; no resolution is stated in the supplied text.

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Manuel Amann, “The Omnibus Conjecture—disproved”, arXiv:2011.01827 (2020).

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