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An Equivariant Generalization of McDuff's Theorem

Algebraic Topology 2023-12-01 v1

Abstract

In 1976, Kan and Thurston proved the theorem that any path-connected space XX is homology equivalent to the classifying space of some discrete group GG. In 1979, McDuff proved a homotopy version of it: any path-connected space XX has the same weak homotopy type as the classifying space of some discrete monoid MM. In 1984, Fiedorowicz reproved McDuff's theorem using a largely categorical construction. In this paper we will generalize Fiedorowicz's proof of McDuff's theorem to the equivariant case. Precisely, we will prove that any GG-connected space XX with a GG-fixed basepoint x0x_0 has the same weak homotopy type as the classifying space of some discrete GG-monoid.

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@article{arxiv.2311.18280,
  title  = {An Equivariant Generalization of McDuff's Theorem},
  author = {Zhenghui and Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.18280},
  year   = {2023}
}
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