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Using techniques developed by Batanin and the first author, we extend the Turchin/Dwyer-Hess double delooping result to further iterations of the Baez-Dolan plus construction. For $0 \leq m \leq n$, we introduce a notion of…

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This is an introduction to the subject of the differential topology of the space of smooth loops in a finite dimensional manifold. It began as the background notes to a series of seminars given at NTNU and subsequently at Sheffield. I am…

We show that the Kontsevich operad, as an operad with multiplication, provides a model for the Taylor tower of the functor defined by taking the homotopy fiber of the inclusion of embeddings of an interval in a cube to the corresponding…

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We show that Koszul duality for operads in $(\mathrm{Top},\times)$ can be expressed via generalized Thom complexes. As an application, we prove the Koszul self duality of the little disk modules $E_M$. We discuss implications for…

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We investigate the topology of the space of M\"obius conjugacy classes of degree $d$ rational maps on the Riemann sphere. We show that it is rationally acyclic and we compute its fundamental group. As a byproduct, we also obtain the ranks…

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We show that the map on components from the space of classical long knots to the n-th stage of its Goodwillie-Weiss embedding calculus tower is a map of monoids whose target is an abelian group and which is invariant under clasper surgery.…

For each integer m>1 and l>0 we construct a pair of compact embedded minimal surfaces of genus 1+4m(m-1)l. These surfaces desingularize the m Clifford tori meeting each other along a great circle at the angle of \pi/m. They are invariant…

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