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A canonical enriched Adams-Hilton model for simplicial sets

Algebraic Topology 2024-09-11 v2

Abstract

For any 1-reduced simplicial set KK we define a canonical, coassociative coproduct on \OmC(K)\Om C(K), the cobar construction applied to the normalized, integral chains on KK, such that any canonical quasi-isomorphism of chain algebras from \OmC(K)\Om C(K) to the normalized, integral chains on GKGK, the loop group of KK, is a coalgebra map up to strong homotopy. Our proof relies on the operadic description of the category of chain coalgebras and of strongly homotopy coalgebra maps given in math.AT/0505559.

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@article{arxiv.math/0408216,
  title  = {A canonical enriched Adams-Hilton model for simplicial sets},
  author = {Kathryn Hess and Paul-Eugène Parent and Jonathan Scott and Andrew Tonks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0408216},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

28 pages. This revised version incorporates operadic techniques developed in math.AT/0505559