There is no topological Fulton-MacPherson compactification
Geometric Topology
2021-01-20 v2 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
In this note we prove that the Fulton-MacPherson compactification of configuration spaces of smooth manifolds can not be extended to topological manifolds in a natural manner, using recent work of Chen and Mann.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2011.14855,
title = {There is no topological Fulton-MacPherson compactification},
author = {Alexander Kupers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.14855},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
2 pages, minor corrections