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Oliver Straser
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Is the Milnor construction contradictible

Let $G$ be any topological group. Then we can form the infinite join $E_G$ of $G$, i.e. the colimit $G*G*G\cdots$.

Is $E_G$ contradictible?

I mean it is clear that $E_G$ is weakly contradictible, but I dont see why it should be contradictible if $G$ is not a CW-space.

Oliver Straser
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