Suspension Homotopy of $(n-1)$-connected $(2n+2)$-dimensional Poincaré Duality Complexes

Abstract

We study the homotopy decompositions of the suspension $\Sigma M$ of an $(n-1)$-connected $(2n+2)$ dimensional Poincaré duality complex $M$, $n\ge 2$. In particular, we completely determine the homotopy types of $\Sigma M$ of a simply-connected orientable closed (smooth) $6$-manifold $M$, whose integral homology groups can have $2$-torsion. If $3\le n\le 5$, we obtain homotopy decompositions of $\Sigma M$ after localization away from $2$.

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