 Pontryagin product on loop-space homology (source code)

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= Pontryagin product on loop-space homology
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= Pontryagin product
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Apply the <homology cross product> and then the map induced by loop concatenation. This degree-additive bilinear product supplies the <Pontryagin ring>. The <Bott–Samelson theorem> computes it for looped suspensions with free <homology>.

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