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A Simple proof of Curtis' connectivity theorem for Lie powers

Algebraic Topology 2019-12-16 v2

Abstract

We give a simple proof of the Curtis' theorem: if AA_\bullet is kk-connected free simplicial abelian group, then Ln(A)L^n(A_\bullet) is an k+log2nk+ \lceil \log_2 n \rceil-connected simplicial abelian group, where LnL^n is the functor of nn-th Lie power. In the proof we do not use Curtis' decomposition of Lie powers. Instead of this we use the Chevalley-Eilenberg complex for the free Lie algebra.

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@article{arxiv.1912.03086,
  title  = {A Simple proof of Curtis' connectivity theorem for Lie powers},
  author = {Sergei O. Ivanov and Vladislav Romanovskii and Andrei Semenov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.03086},
  year   = {2019}
}