Paper read at Conference on Geometric Homotopy Theory University of Cape Town, 17–21 August 1987

A NOTE ON PRODUCTS OF THE WHITEHEAD TYPE

Published in: Quaestiones Mathematicae
Volume 11 , issue 4 , 1988 , pages: 423–431

DOI: 10.1080/16073606.1988.9632156

Author(s): KA Hardie Department of Mathematics, Republic of South Africa

Keywords: 55E15 , 55E4O , 55E15 , 55E4O

Abstract

A survey is given of various generalizations of the Whitehead product. Carrying the procedure a step further, a generalization is given that specialized in one wry relates to the “Whitehead elements” in the (mod p) kernel of the double suspension (p an odd prime, p > 4). Specialized in another way the product relates to the action of the Q-homomorphism (in the EHQ sequence) on elements that are not double suspensions.

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