Ganea's conjecture on Lusternik-Schnirelmann category

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    Abstract

    A series of complexes Qp indexed by all primes p is constructed with cat Qp = 2 and cat Qp × Sn = 2 for either n ≥ 2 or n = 1 and p = 2. This disproves Ganea's conjecture on Lusternik-Schnirelmann (LS) category.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)623-634
    Number of pages12
    JournalBulletin of the London Mathematical Society
    Volume30
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 1998

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    • Mathematics(all)

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