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String topology on Gorenstein spaces

Algebraic Topology 2008-06-18 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe a general and simple setting for defining (g,p+q)(g,p+q)-string operations on a Poincar\'e duality space and more generally on a Gorenstein space. Gorenstein spaces include Poincar\'e duality spaces as well as classifying spaces or homotopy quotients of connected Lie groups. Our presentation implies directly the homotopy invariance of each (g,p+q)(g,p+q)-string operation as well as it leads to explicit computations.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0806.2828,
  title  = {String topology on Gorenstein spaces},
  author = {Yves Felix and Jean-claude Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.2828},
  year   = {2008}
}

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30 pages and 2 figures

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