Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/iii/paper-165/4/ii/solution

Let be the homotopy fiber of the map representing
The long exact sequence of homotopy groups shows that every except vanishes and that
Hence is either or .
The extension is classified by the degree-two class represented by the original map. If is the standard generator, that class is
in . It therefore classifies the non-split extension, whose middle group is . Thus
Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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