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A simplicial version of the 2-dimensional Fulton-MacPherson operad

Algebraic Topology 2024-04-24 v2 Geometric Topology Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We define an operad in Top, called FM2W\text{FM}_2^W. The spaces in FM2W\text{FM}_2^W come with CW decompositions, such that the operad compositions are cellular. In fact, each space in FM2W\text{FM}_2^W is the realization of a simplicial set. We expect, but do not prove here, that FM2W\text{FM}_2^W is isomorphic to the 2-dimensional Fulton-MacPherson operad FM2\text{FM}_2. Our construction is connected to the author's work on the symplectic (A,2)(A_\infty,2)-category, and suggests a strategy toward equipping the symplectic cochain complex with the structure of a homotopy Batalin-Vilkoviskiy algebra.

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@article{arxiv.2101.03211,
  title  = {A simplicial version of the 2-dimensional Fulton-MacPherson operad},
  author = {Nathaniel Bottman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.03211},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

17 pages, 10 figures. Four definitions are recalled from arXiv:1709.00119. Revised in response to referee report

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