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Deloopings of Hurwitz spaces

Algebraic Topology 2024-11-20 v3

Abstract

For a partially multiplicative quandle (PMQ) Q\mathcal{Q} we consider the topological monoid HM˚(Q)\mathring{\mathrm{HM}}(\mathcal{Q}) of Hurwitz spaces of configurations in the plane with local monodromies in Q\mathcal{Q}. We compute the group completion of HM˚(Q)\mathring{\mathrm{HM}}(\mathcal{Q}): it is the product of the (discrete) enveloping group G(Q)\mathcal{G}(\mathcal{Q}) with a component of the double loop space of the relative Hurwitz space Hur+([0,1]2,[0,1]2;Q,G)1 ⁣ ⁣1\mathrm{Hur}_+([0,1]^2,\partial[0,1]^2;\mathcal{Q},G)_{1\!\!\,1}; here GG is any group giving rise, together with Q\mathcal{Q}, to a PMQ-group pair. Assuming further that Q\mathcal{Q} is finite and rationally Poincare and that GG is finite, we compute the rational cohomology ring of Hur+([0,1]2,[0,1]2;Q,G)1 ⁣ ⁣1\mathrm{Hur}_+([0,1]^2,\partial[0,1]^2;\mathcal{Q},G)_{1\!\!\,1}.

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@article{arxiv.2107.13081,
  title  = {Deloopings of Hurwitz spaces},
  author = {Andrea Bianchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.13081},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

67 pages, 11 figures, to appear in Compositio Mathematica