On the genus of free loop fibrations over -spaces.
We give an example of a space with the property that every orientable fibration with the fiber is rationally totally non-cohomologous to zero, while there exists a nontrivial derivation of the rational cohomology of of negative degree.
Let X be a simply connected space and LX the space of free loops on X. We determine the mod p cohomology algebra of LX when the mod p cohomology of X is generated by one element or is an exterior algebra on two generators. We also provide lower bounds on the dimensions of the Hodge decomposition factors of the rational cohomology of LX when the rational cohomology of X is a graded complete intersection algebra. The key to both of these results is the identification of an important subalgebra of...
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