Here is what I know about Whitehead products in homotopy groups of spheres:
- $[\mathrm{id}_{S^n},\mathrm{id}_{S^n}]$$[\mathrm{id}_{S^{2n}},\mathrm{id}_{S^{2n}}]$ has Hopf invariant (EDIT: $\pm$) two.
- InNo element that survives into the stable range allcan be a Whitehead products are trivial. This is because suspension is an isomorphismproduct, butsince the suspension of a Whitehead product is trivial.
- If $\alpha \in \pi_m(S^n)$ with $m$ odd, then $[\alpha,\alpha]$ has order at most 2. This is because the Whitehead product is a graded Lie bracket.
I have two questions, one open-ended and one more specific.
The open-ended question: What are some known examples of nontrivial Whitehead products in finite homotopy groups of spheres? Are there other situations, besides the ones mentioned, where Whitehead products must be trivial or have order at most 2?
The specific question: Is there an example of $\alpha \in \pi_m(S^n)$, for some $m>n$, such that $2\cdot[\Sigma\alpha,\Sigma\alpha] \neq 0$?