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On Cohen-Jones isomorphism in string topology

Algebraic Topology 2021-11-03 v2

Abstract

The loop product is an operation in string topology. Cohen and Jones gave a homotopy theoretic realization of the loop product as a classical ring spectrum LMTMLM^{-TM} for a manifold MM. Using this, they presented a proof of the statement that the loop product is isomorphic to the Gerstenhaber cup product on the Hochschild cohomology HH(C(M);C(M))HH^*(C^*(M)\,;C^*(M)) for simply connected MM. However, some parts of their proof are technically difficult to justify. The main aim of the present paper is to give detailed modification to a geometric part of their proof. To do so, we set up an "up to higher homotopy" version of McClure-Smith's cosimplicial product. We prove a structured version of Cohen-Jones isomorphism in the category of symmetric spectra.

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@article{arxiv.2003.03704,
  title  = {On Cohen-Jones isomorphism in string topology},
  author = {Syunji Moriya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.03704},
  year   = {2021}
}

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79 pages, errors corrected, figures and explanations added

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