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Mapping spaces from projective spaces

Algebraic Topology 2016-08-11 v4

Abstract

We denote the nn-th projective space of a topological monoid GG by BnGB_nG and the classifying space by BGBG. Let GG be a well-pointed topological monoid of the homotopy type of a CW complex and GG' a well-pointed grouplike topological monoid. We prove the weak equivalence between the pointed mapping space Map0(BnG,BG)\mathrm{Map}_0(B_nG,BG) and the space of all AnA_n-maps from GG to GG'. This fact has several applications. As the first application, we show that the connecting map GMap0(BnG,BG)G\rightarrow\mathrm{Map}_0(B_nG,BG) of the evaluation fiber sequence Map0(BnG,BG)Map(BnG,BG)BG\mathrm{Map}_0(B_nG,BG)\rightarrow\mathrm{Map}(B_nG,BG)\rightarrow BG is delooped. As other applications, we consider higher homotopy commutativity, AnA_n-types of gauge groups, TkfT_k^f-spaces by Iwase--Mimura--Oda--Yoon and homotopy pullback of AnA_n-maps. In particular, we show that the TkfT_k^f-space and the CkfC_k^f-space are exactly the same concept and give some new examples of TkfT_k^f-spaces.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1408.2010,
  title  = {Mapping spaces from projective spaces},
  author = {Mitsunobu Tsutaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2010},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

26 pages, 3 figures; the appendix in v3 is deleted since its argument was incomplete

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