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Infinite complex projective space is K(Z,2)
Claim
Assume AC. Despite the legacy item ID, the correct statement is
not . The universal circle bundle is and its total space is contractible.
Facts & Assumptions
The join of copies of is , compatibly with the standard inclusions (Finite join models for the circle and the two-point group).
The same homeomorphism is equivariant and identifies the diagonal -quotient with (Finite join models for the circle and the two-point group).
Milnor's infinite join is contractible and gives a numerable circle bundle (Milnor's join model is a contractible free G-space).
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).
AC is used exactly through the numerable-bundle lifting theorem in [F4] (The Axiom of Choice).
Verification
Given: The standard scalar action of .
By [F1, F2], the finite stages of Milnor's bundle are the Hopf bundles . Passing through their compatible inclusions identifies the infinite bundle with
Its total space is Milnor's and is contractible by [F3]. [F3]
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 for , while its component segment gives . Since and for , the sole positive homotopy group is . The space is connected, so a CW model is .
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Sources
- Dale Husemoller, Fibre Bundles, Third Edition (standard reference, not scraped)
- James Davis and Paul Kirk, Lecture Notes in Algebraic Topology (standard reference, not scraped)