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Homotopy units in A-infinity algebras

Algebraic Topology 2016-01-27 v4 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We show that the canonical map from the associative operad to the unital associative operad is a homotopy epimorphism for a wide class of symmetric monoidal model categories. As a consequence, the space of unital associative algebra structures on a given object is up to homotopy a subset of connected components of the space of non-unital associative algebra structures.

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@article{arxiv.1111.2723,
  title  = {Homotopy units in A-infinity algebras},
  author = {Fernando Muro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.2723},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

39 pages, the proof of the main theorem for DG-operads has been corrected, cylinders are not used any more and will be considered elsewhere

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