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A Geometric Homology Representative in the Space of Long Knots

Algebraic Topology 2011-11-17 v1

Abstract

We produce explicit geometric representatives of nontrivial homology classes in the space of long knots in R^d, when d is even. We generalize results of Cattaneo, Cotta-Ramusino and Longoni to define cycles which live off of the vanishing line of a homology spectral sequence due to Sinha. We use configuration space integrals to show our classes pair nontrivially with cohomology classes due to Longoni.

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@article{arxiv.1111.3910,
  title  = {A Geometric Homology Representative in the Space of Long Knots},
  author = {Kristine E. Pelatt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.3910},
  year   = {2011}
}

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18 pages, 10 figures