## Geometry & Topology

### Finite approximations of $p$–local compact groups

Alex Gonzalez

#### Abstract

We show how every $p$–local compact group can be described as a telescope of $p$–local finite groups. As a consequence, we deduce several corollaries, such as a stable elements theorem for the mod $p$ cohomology of their classifying spaces, and a generalized Dwyer–Zabrodsky description of certain related mapping spaces.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 20, Number 5 (2016), 2923-2995.

Dates
Revised: 4 November 2015
Accepted: 5 December 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 16 November 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1510859047

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2016.20.2923

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3556352

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
06638825

#### Citation

Gonzalez, Alex. Finite approximations of $p$–local compact groups. Geom. Topol. 20 (2016), no. 5, 2923--2995. doi:10.2140/gt.2016.20.2923. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1510859047

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