The Gottlieb group conjecture for spheres in dimension difference eight

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Let Sn\mathbb S^n be the nn-sphere, let ιn ⁣:SnSn\iota_n\colon \mathbb S^n\to\mathbb S^n denote its identity map, and let ηnσn+1πn+8(Sn)\eta_n\sigma_{n+1}\in\pi_{n+8}(\mathbb S^n) be the homotopy class appearing in the statement. The Gottlieb group Gn+8(Sn)G_{n+8}(\mathbb S^n) consists of those elements of πn+8(Sn)\pi_{n+8}(\mathbb S^n) whose Whitehead product with ιn\iota_n vanishes.

Proposed conjecture. For n6(mod8)n\equiv 6\pmod 8 with n14n\geq 14,

[ιn,ηnσn+1]=0[\iota_n,\eta_n\sigma_{n+1}]=0

and

Gn+8(Sn)={ηnσn+1}Z2.G_{n+8}(\mathbb S^n)=\{\eta_n\sigma_{n+1}\}\cong\mathbb Z_2.

This would determine the relevant Gottlieb group in the remaining congruence class not settled by the preceding proposition. The supplied text does not state a resolution of the proposed claim.

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Primary source

Marek Golasinski and Juno Mukai, “Gottlieb groups of spheres”, arXiv:math/0408256 (2004).

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