Free loop spaces and cyclohedra

Markl, Martin

  • Proceedings of the 22nd Winter School "Geometry and Physics", Publisher: Circolo Matematico di Palermo(Palermo), page 151-157

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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 -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 𝒫 be an operad, M a 𝒫 -module and U a 𝒫 -algebra. An M -trace over U consists of a space V and a module homomorphism T : M End U , V over the operad homomorphism 𝒫 End U given by the algebra structure on U . Let 𝒞 1 be the little 1-cubes operad.The author shows that the free loop space X is a trace over the 𝒞 1 -space Ω X . This trace is related to the cyclohedra in a way similar to the relation of 𝒞 1 to the associahedra. Given a 𝒫 -module M and a 𝒫 -algebra U one can define the free M -trace over U like one can construct free 𝒫 -al!

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Markl, Martin. "Free loop spaces and cyclohedra." Proceedings of the 22nd Winter School "Geometry and Physics". Palermo: Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 2003. 151-157. <http://eudml.org/doc/220881>.

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author = {Markl, Martin},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22nd Winter School "Geometry and Physics"},
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publisher = {Circolo Matematico di Palermo},
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year = {2003},
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