Odd-primary homotopy exponents of compact simple Lie groups

Donald M. Davis and Stephen D. Theriault

57T20, 55Q52

math.AT/0601441

Davis, Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA 18015, dmd1@lehigh.edu

Theriault, Univ. of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB243UE, U.K.,
s.theriault@maths.abdn.ac.uk

We note that a recent result of the second author yields
upper bounds for odd-primary homotopy exponents of compact
simple Lie groups which are often quite close to the lower
bounds obtained from v1-periodic homotopy theory.