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Bott periodicity implies that the (unstable) homotopy groups of the (infinite) classical groups are periodic. In particular, $$\pi_k(U)=\pi_{k+2}(U)$$ where $U$ is the infinite unitary group. This example is a little bit cheating because normally Bott periodicity is stated modulo 8 rather than modulo 2.

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