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Spherical Milnor Spaces II: Projective Quotients and Higher Topological Structures

Differential Geometry 2026-05-19 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We introduce a spherical variant of Milnor's classifying construction for diffeological groups, based on quadratic normalization of barycentric coordinates. This construction gives rise to a contractible diffeological space endowed with commuting actions of a group GG and of Z2\mathbb{Z}_2, leading naturally to a hierarchy of quotient spaces. We investigate the topological and geometric properties of these quotients, including a projective model and a double quotient space which encodes twisted and higher structures. In particular, we show that this framework provides a natural setting for the study of principal bundles with Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-twists, and leads to obstruction classes in low-degree cohomology. The construction is further related to non-abelian gerbes and higher bundles, providing a bridge between diffeological geometry, classifying space theory, and higher topological structures.

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@article{arxiv.2605.16370,
  title  = {Spherical Milnor Spaces II: Projective Quotients and Higher Topological Structures},
  author = {Jean-Pierre Magnot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.16370},
  year   = {2026}
}