Félix–Halperin–Thomas degree bound problem for rational Gottlieb elements

Let XX be a space such that H(X;Q)H^*(X;\mathbb{Q}) is finite-dimensional, and let

N=max{nHn(X;Q)0}.N=\max\{n\mid H^n(X;\mathbb{Q})\neq 0\}.

The rational Gottlieb elements of XX are the elements associated to the rational Gottlieb group of XX. Félix–Halperin–Thomas degree bound problem. The rational Gottlieb elements for XX are of degree less than 2N2N.

The source presents this as an open problem concerning the location of odd-degree rational Gottlieb elements. Existing results give constraints for spaces of finite rational Lusternik–Schnirelmann category, but the stated degree bound remains open.

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Gregory Lupton and Samuel Bruce Smith, “The structuring effect of a Gottlieb element on the Sullivan minimal model of a space”, arXiv:2206.14622 (2022).

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