| Title:
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Free loop spaces and cyclohedra (English) |
| Author:
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Markl, Martin |
| Language:
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English |
| Journal:
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Proceedings of the 22nd Winter School "Geometry and Physics" |
| Volume:
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| Issue:
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2002 |
| Year:
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| Pages:
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151-157 |
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| Category:
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math |
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| Summary:
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It is well-known that a based space is of the weak homotopy type of a loop space iff it is a grouplike algebra over an $A_\infty$-operad. The classical model for such an operad consists of Stasheff's associahedra. The present paper describes a similar recognition principle for free loop spaces. Let ${\cal P}$ be an operad, $M$ a ${\cal P}$-module and $U$ a ${\cal P}$-algebra. An $M$-trace over $U$ consists of a space $V$ and a module homomorphism $T:M\to\text{End}_{U,V}$ over the operad homomorphism ${\cal P}\to\text{End}_U$ given by the algebra structure on $U$. Let ${\cal C}_1$ be the little 1-cubes operad.\par The author shows that the free loop space $\wedge X$ is a trace over the ${\cal C}_1$-space $\Omega X$. This trace is related to the cyclohedra in a way similar to the relation of ${\cal C}_1$ to the associahedra. Given a ${\cal P}$-module $M$ and a ${\cal P}$-algebra $U$ one can define the free $M$-trace over $U$ like one can construct free ${\cal P}$-al! (English) |
| MSC:
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18D50 |
| MSC:
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55P48 |
| idZBL:
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Zbl 1032.55006 |
| idMR:
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MR1982442 |
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| Date available:
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2009-07-13T21:49:30Z |
| Last updated:
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2025-06-26 |
| Stable URL:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/701714 |
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