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Formality of function spaces

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let XX be a nilpotent space such that there exists p1p\geq 1 with Hp(X,Q)0H^p(X,\mathbb Q) \ne 0 and Hn(X,Q)=0H^n(X,\mathbb Q)=0 if n>pn>p. Let YY be a m-connected space with mp+1m\geq p+1 and H(Y,Q)H^*(Y,\mathbb Q) is finitely generated as algebra. We assume that XX is formal and there exists pp odd such that Hp(X,Q)0H^p(X,\mathbb Q) \ne 0. We prove that if the space F(X,Y)\mathcal F(X,Y) of continuous maps from XX to YY is formal, then YY has the rational homotopy type of a product of Eilenberg Mac Lane spaces. At the opposite, we exhibit an example of a formal space F(S2,Y)\mathcal F(S^2,Y) where YY is not rationally equivalent to a product of Eilenberg Mac Lane spaces.

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@article{arxiv.0705.0144,
  title  = {Formality of function spaces},
  author = {Micheline Vigué-Poirrier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0144},
  year   = {2007}
}
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