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Configuration spaces and R^n

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This note attempts to make clear the relation between configurations of points in a space Y and those in its Cartesian product with the reals. We show that under certain conditions there is an equivalence between C(Y x R^n, X) and the n-th loop space of C(Y,S^n(X)).

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@article{arxiv.math/0605287,
  title  = {Configuration spaces and R^n},
  author = {Jeffrey L. Caruso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0605287},
  year   = {2007}
}