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Relative category and monoidal topological complexity

Algebraic Topology 2016-08-11 v1

Abstract

If a map ff has a homotopy retraction, then Doeraene and El Haouari conjectured that the sectional category and the relative category of ff are the same. In this work we discuss this conjecture for some lower bounds of these invariants. In particular, when we consider the diagonal map, we obtain results supporting Iwase-Sakai's conjecture which asserts that the topological complexity is the monoidal topological complexity.

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@article{arxiv.1403.8089,
  title  = {Relative category and monoidal topological complexity},
  author = {J. G. Carrasquel-Vera and J. M. García Calcines and L. Vandembroucq},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.8089},
  year   = {2016}
}

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16 pages

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