{ "id": "1909.04643", "version": "v1", "published": "2019-09-10T17:39:19.000Z", "updated": "2019-09-10T17:39:19.000Z", "title": "The Homotopy Types of $SU(4)$-Gauge Groups", "authors": [ "Tyrone Cutler", "Stephen Theriault" ], "comment": "17 pages", "categories": [ "math.AT" ], "abstract": "Let $\\mathcal{G}_k$ be the gauge group of the principal $SU(4)$-bundle over $S^4$ with second Chern class $k$ and let $p$ be a prime. We show that there is a rational or $p$-local homotopy equivalence $\\Omega\\mathcal{G}_k\\simeq\\Omega\\mathcal{G}_{k'}$ if and only if $(60,k)=(60,k')$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2019-09-10T17:39:19.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "55P15", "54C35" ], "keywords": [ "gauge group", "homotopy types", "local homotopy equivalence", "second chern class" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 17, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }