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Spaces of commuting elements in SU(2)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2011

M. C. Crabb
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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Abstract

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Based on the work of Adem and Cohen, this note describes an explicit stable decomposition of the space of commuting n-tuples in SU(2) as a wedge of indecomposable summands.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2011

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