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Infinite complex projective space is K(Z,2)

Claim

Assume AC. Despite the legacy item ID, the correct statement is

CP∞≃K(Z,2),

not K(Z,1). The universal circle bundle is S∞→CP∞ and its total space is contractible.

Facts & Assumptions

[F1]

The join of N+1 copies of S1 is S2N+1, compatibly with the standard inclusions (Finite join models for the circle and the two-point group).

[F2]

The same homeomorphism is equivariant and identifies the diagonal S1-quotient with CPN (Finite join models for the circle and the two-point group).

[F3]

Milnor's infinite join is contractible and gives a numerable circle bundle (Milnor's join model is a contractible free G-space).

[F4]

Assuming AC, every numerable fiber bundle is a Hurewicz fibration (Numerable fiber bundles are hurewicz fibrations), and its homotopy groups fit into the fibration long exact sequence (Long exact sequence of homotopy groups of a fibration).

[A1]

AC is used exactly through the numerable-bundle lifting theorem in [F4] (The Axiom of Choice).

Verification

Given: The standard scalar action of S1.

1.1F1F2

By [F1, F2], the finite stages of Milnor's bundle are the Hopf bundles S2N+1→CPN. Passing through their compatible inclusions identifies the infinite bundle with

S1⟶S∞⟶CP∞.

Its total space is Milnor's ES1 and is contractible by [F3]. [F3]

2.1F3F4A1step 1.1

Assume [A1]. By [F4], the numerable bundle in Step 1.1 is a Hurewicz fibration; the exact AC expenditure is the well-ordering used in that supplier's lifting-function construction. The long exact sequence and contractibility give πk(CP∞)≅πk−1(S1) for k≥2, while its component segment gives π1(CP∞)=0. Since π1(S1)≅Z and πj(S1)=0 for j>1, the sole positive homotopy group is π2≅Z. The space is connected, so a CW model is K(Z,2). □

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