Monoids of self-maps of topological spherical space forms

Abstract

A topological spherical space form is the quotient of a sphere by a free action of a finite group. In general, their homotopy types depend on specific actions of a group. We show that the monoid of homotopy classes of self-maps of a topological spherical space form is determined by the acting group and the dimension of the sphere, not depending on a specific action.

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