Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4661434 Topology and its Applications 2007 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let Pk be the principal SU(3)-bundle over S6 with its Chern class c3(Pk)=2k. The purpose of this paper is to show when two gauge groups G(Pk) and G(Pk′) have the same homotopy type. Namely, G(Pk)≃G(Pk′), if and only if (120,k)=(120,k′), where (a,b) denote the G.C.D. of a and b.

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