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On Higher Topological T-duality Functors

Mathematical Physics 2025-12-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Algebraic Topology math.MP

Abstract

We use String Field Theory (SFT) to construct a higher analogue of Bunke-Schick's functor P:TopopSetP: \mathbf{Top}^{op} \to \mathbf{Set} \cite{BunkeS1} by geometrizing P.P. We use the projection of SFT onto its massless modes \cite{SFTDiffeo} to construct the category \C\C whose objects are pairs (which we identify with SFT backgrounds) and whose maps are morphisms of pairs (which are gauge transformations). Using \C\C and categorical equivalence, for any CWCW-complex XX we define the moduli space G(X)G(X) of SFT backgrounds which are pairs over XX up to gauge equivalence. We use the homotopy theory of the moduli space G(X)G(X) to define functors on the category of CWCW-complexes Pk:CWopGrpdP_k:\mathbf{CW}^{op} \to \mathbf{Grpd} such that P0P,P_0 \simeq P, P1P_1 is nontrivial and Pk(X)P_k(X) are always trivial for k2.k \geq 2. Arrows in P1(X)P_1(X) are shown to be isotopy classes of maps in the mapping class group of XX acting on (isomorphism classes of) pairs over X.X. We discuss applications to Topological T-duality for triples and to modelling doubled geometries and T-folds \cite{HullT}.

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@article{arxiv.2402.12039,
  title  = {On Higher Topological T-duality Functors},
  author = {Ashwin S. Pande},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.12039},
  year   = {2025}
}

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New Version, Completely rewritten, 86 pages, latex, uses spectralsequences package

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