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Rational models of the complement of a subpolyhedron in a manifold with boundary

Algebraic Topology 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

Let W be a compact simply connected triangulated manifold with boundary and KWK \subset W be a subpolyhedron. We construct an algebraic model of the rational homotopy type of the complement WKW \setminus K out of a model of the map of pairs (K,KW)(W,W)(K, K \cap \partial W) \to (W,\partial W) under some high codimension hypothesis. We deduce the rational homotopy invariance of the configuration space of two points in a compact manifold with boundary under 2-connectedness hypotheses. Also, we exhibit nice explicits models of these configuration spaces for a large class of compact manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1505.04816,
  title  = {Rational models of the complement of a subpolyhedron in a manifold with boundary},
  author = {Hector Cordova Bulens and Pascal Lambrechts and Donald Stanley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.04816},
  year   = {2015}
}

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28 pages