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Spaces of Rational Loops on a Real Projective Space

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We show that the loop spaces of real projective spaces are topologically approximated by the spaces of rational maps from RP(1) to RP(n). As a byproduct of our constructions we obtain an interpretation of the Kronecker characteristic (degree) of an ornament via particle spaces.

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@article{arxiv.math/9810012,
  title  = {Spaces of Rational Loops on a Real Projective Space},
  author = {Jacob Mostovoy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9810012},
  year   = {2007}
}

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AMS-LaTeX, 11 pages, 2 figures

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