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 Title: Homotopy type of Euclidean configuration spaces (English) Author: Salvatore, Paolo Language: English Journal: Proceedings of the 20th Winter School "Geometry and Physics" Volume: Issue: 2000 Year: Pages: 161-164 . Category: math . Summary: Let $F({\Bbb R}^n, k)$ denote the configuration space of pairwise-disjoint $k$-tuples of points in ${\Bbb R}^n$. In this short note the author describes a cellular structure for $F({\Bbb R}^n, k)$ when $n \geq 3$. From results in [{\it F. R. Cohen, T. J. Lada} and {\it J. P. May}, The homology of iterated loop spaces, Lect. Notes Math. 533 (1976; Zbl 0334.55009)], the integral (co)homology of $F({\Bbb R}^n, k)$ is well-understood. This allows an identification of the location of the cells of $F({\Bbb R}^n, k)$ in a minimal cell decomposition. Somewhat more detail is provided by the main result here, in which the attaching maps are identified as higher order Whitehead products. (English) MSC: 55P15 MSC: 55P48 MSC: 55Q15 MSC: 55R80 idZBL: Zbl 0974.55003 idMR: MR1826689 . Date available: 2009-07-13T21:45:44Z Last updated: 2012-11-07 Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/701676 .

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