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Twisted Simplicial Groups and Twisted Homology of Categories

Algebraic Topology 2015-09-23 v1

Abstract

Let AA be either a simplicial complex KK or a small category C\mathcal C with V(A)V(A) as its set of vertices or objects. We define a twisted structure on AA with coefficients in a simplicial group GG as a function δ ⁣:V(A)End(G),vδv \delta\colon V(A)\longrightarrow \operatorname{End}(G), \quad v\mapsto \delta_v such that δvδw=δwδv\delta_v\circ \delta_w=\delta_w\circ \delta_v if there exists an edge in AA joining vv with ww or an arrow either from vv to ww or from ww to vv. We give a canonical construction of twisted simplicial group as well as twisted homology for AA with a given twisted structure. Also we determine the homotopy type of of this simplicial group as the loop space over certain twisted smash product.

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@article{arxiv.1509.06424,
  title  = {Twisted Simplicial Groups and Twisted Homology of Categories},
  author = {J. Y. Li and V. V. Vershinin and J. Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06424},
  year   = {2015}
}

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19 pages