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Real projective groups are formal

arXiv:2206.14645

Abstract

We prove that the mod 2-cohomology algebras of real projective groups are formal. As a consequence we derive the Hopkins-Wickelgren formality and the strong Massey vanishing conjecture for a large class of fields.

v3: 38 pages, minor revision; final version to appear in Math. Ann

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