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A note on the P-homomorphism in homotopy groups of spheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. J. Hilton
P. J. Hilton
Affiliation:
Pembroke CollegeCambridge
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The homomorphism of the title is a homomorphism of πr(Sn) into πr+n−1(Sn) given by

where ι generates πn(Sn). Various results on the P-homomorphism were proved in (4); in particular it was shown that, if ηn generates πn+1(Sn), n ≥ 2, then

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Research Notes
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , January 1955 , pp. 230 - 233
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955

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