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String topology prospectra and Hochschild cohomology

Algebraic Topology 2007-11-10 v2 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study string topology for classifying spaces of connected compact Lie groups, drawing connections with Hochschild cohomology and equivariant homotopy theory. First, for a compact Lie group GG, we show that the string topology prospectrum LBGTBGLBG^{-TBG} is equivalent to the homotopy fixed-point prospectrum for the conjugation action of GG on itself, GhGG^{hG}. Dually, we identify LBGadLBG^{-ad} with the homotopy orbit spectrum (DG)hG(DG)_{hG}, and study ring and co-ring structures on these spectra. Finally, we show that in homology, these products may be identified with the Gerstenhaber cup product in the Hochschild cohomology of C(BG)C^*(BG) and C(G)C_*(G), respectively. These, in turn, are isomorphic via Koszul duality.

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@article{arxiv.0710.1445,
  title  = {String topology prospectra and Hochschild cohomology},
  author = {Kate Gruher and Craig Westerland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1445},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

19 pages. Comments welcome. References added, some statements clarified

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