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Homotopy operations and the obstructions to being anH-space

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We describe an obstruction theory for a given topological spaceX to be anH-space, in terms of higher homotopy operations and show how this theory can be used to calculate such operations in certain cases.

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Blanc, D. Homotopy operations and the obstructions to being anH-space. Manuscripta Math 88, 497–515 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567837

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