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Homology operations for gravity algebras

Algebraic Topology 2025-11-04 v3 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

Let M0,n+1\mathcal{M}_{0,n+1} be the moduli space of genus zero Riemann surfaces with n+1n+1 marked points. In this paper we compute HΣn(M0,n+1;Fp)H_*^{\Sigma_n}(\mathcal{M}_{0,n+1};\mathbb{F}_p) and HΣn(M0,n+1;Fp(±1))H_*^{\Sigma_n}(\mathcal{M}_{0,n+1};\mathbb{F}_p(\pm 1)) for any nNn\in\mathbb{N} and any prime pp, where Fp(±1)\mathbb{F}_p(\pm 1) denotes the sign representation of the symmetric group Σn\Sigma_n. The interest in these homology groups is twofold: on the one hand classes in these equivariant homology groups parametrize homology operations for gravity algebras. On the other hand the homotopy quotient (M0,n+1)Σn(\mathcal{M}_{0,n+1})_{\Sigma_n} is a model for the classifying space for Bn/Z(Bn)B_n/Z(B_n), the quotient of the braid group BnB_n by its center.

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@article{arxiv.2404.10639,
  title  = {Homology operations for gravity algebras},
  author = {Tommaso Rossi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.10639},
  year   = {2025}
}

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27 pages, 2 figures. Comments are welcome! To appear in "Homology, homotopy and Applications"

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