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Formality of spaces with Lusternik-Schnirelmann category 1

Algebraic Topology 2021-11-12 v1

Abstract

It is a well known fact that formal dg-algebras admit no non-trivial Massey products, while the converse fails. We prove that by restricting to dg-algebras whose induced product on cohomology is trivial, we do in fact get this converse. This allows us to prove that spaces of Lusternik-Schnirelmann category 1 are formal spaces.

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@article{arxiv.2111.06167,
  title  = {Formality of spaces with Lusternik-Schnirelmann category 1},
  author = {Torgeir Aambø},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.06167},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages