nLab Hans Samelson

• Wikipedia entry

• J. J. O’Connor, E. F. Robertson, Hans Samelson (web)

Selected writings

On topological groups:

• Hans Samelson, Beiträge zur Topologie der Gruppenmannigfaltigkeiten, Ann. of Math. 2, 42, (1941) 1091 - 1137 [jstor:1970463, doi:10.2307/1970463]

On transitive actions on $n$-spheres by compact Lie groups:

• Deane Montgomery, Hans Samelson, Transformation Groups of Spheres, Annals of Mathematics Second Series 44 3 (1943) 454-470 [jstor:1968975]

Introducing the concept and terminology of the Pontrjagin product on the homology of based loop spaces:

• Raoul Bott, Hans Samelson, On the Pontryagin product in spaces of paths, Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 27 (1953) 320–337 [doi:10.1007/BF02564566]

Introducing the Samelson product:

• Hans Samelson. A Connection Between the Whitehead and the Pontryagin Product. American Journal of Mathematics 75:4 (1953) 744 [doi:10.2307/2372549]

Related $n$Lab entries

• Samelson product

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