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Function spaces related to gauge groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

W. A. Sutherland
W. A. Sutherland
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New College, Oxford OX1 3BN, U.K.
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Synopsis

Components in the function space of maps from a space X to the classifying space BG of a topological group G can sometimes be distinguished up to homotopy type by a Samelson product method. When X is a closed Riemann surface and G is a unitary group, this method is nearly sufficient to classify the components up to homotopy type.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 121 , Issue 1-2 , 1992 , pp. 185 - 190
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1992

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