Classifying space for O(n)

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In mathematics, the classifying space for the orthogonal group O(n) may be constructed as the Grassmannian of n-planes in an infinite-dimensional real space ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{\infty }}$.

It is analogous to the classifying space for U(n).

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