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SAMELSON PRODUCTS OF SO(3) AND APPLICATIONS†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2007

YASUHIKO KAMIYAMA ,
DAISUKE KISHIMOTO ,
AKIRA KONO  and
SHUICHI TSUKUDA
YASUHIKO KAMIYAMA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan e-mail: kamiyama@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
DAISUKE KISHIMOTO
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan e-mail: kishi@math.kyoto-u.ac.jp
AKIRA KONO
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan e-mail: kono@math.kyoto-u.ac.jp
SHUICHI TSUKUDA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan e-mail: tsukuda@math.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
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Abstract

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Certain generalized Samelson products of SO(3) are calculated and applications to the homotopy of gauge groups are given.

Keywords

Primary 55Q15Secondary 55P1554C35
Type
Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , May 2007 , pp. 405 - 409
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 2007

Footnotes

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Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 18340016.

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