On homotopy nilpotency

Abstract

We review established and recent results on the homotopy nilpotence of spaces. In particular, the homotopy nilpotency of the loop spaces \(\Omega(G/K)\) of homogenous spaces \(G/K\) for a compact Lie group \(G\) and its closed homotopy nilpotent subgroup \(K \lt G\) is discussed.