Classifying spaces for 1-truncated compact Lie groups

DOI10.2140/AGT.2018.18.525MaRDI QIDQ679795zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Charles Rezk

Publication date 22 January 2018

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.02999

zbMATH Keywords

1-truncated compact Lie groupsclassifying spacesequivariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations between equivariant and nonequivariant homotopy theory in algebraic topology (55P92) Classifying spaces of groups and (H)-spaces in algebraic topology (55R35) Maps between classifying spaces in algebraic topology (55R37) Equivariant fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R91)

Abstract: A 1-truncated compact Lie group is any extension of a finite group by a torus. In this note we compute the homotopy types of $Ma{p}_{\ast }(BG,BH)$, $Map(BG,BH)$, and $Map(EG,B_{G}H{)}^G$ for compact Lie groups $G$ and $H$ with $H$ 1-truncated, showing that they are computed entirely in terms of spaces of homomorphisms from $G$ to $H$. These results generalize the well-known case when $H$ is finite, and the case of $H$ compact abelian due to Lashof, May, and Segal.

Review text

A compact Lie group \(H\) is said to be 1-truncated if its homotopy groups vanish in dimensions greater than one. Equivalently, a 1-truncated compact Lie group has a torus as its identity component, and hence is an extension of a finite group by a torus. The aim of the paper under review is to compute the homotopy types of \(\mathrm{Map}_*(BG; BH)\) and \(\mathrm{Map}(BG; BH)\) for compact Lie groups \(G\) and \(H\) with \(H\) 1-truncated, by showing that they can be computed entirely in terms of spaces of homomorphisms from \(G\) to \(H\). These results generalize the previously known cases when \(H\) is finite or compact abelian due to Lashof, May, and Segal [\textit{R. K. Lashof} et al., Contemp. Math. 19, 167--176 (1983; Zbl 0526.55020)] and [\textit{J. P. May}, Astérisque 191, 239--253 (1990; Zbl 0728.55011)]. Let \(\mathrm{Hom}(G; H)\) denote the space of continuous homomorphisms equipped with the compact-open topology. The main results of the paper are as follows: Theorem 1.1: Let \(G\) and \(H\) be compact Lie groups with \(H\) 1-truncated. Then the natural map \(B:\mathrm{Hom}(G; H) \to \mathrm{Map}_*(BG; BH)\) is a weak equivalence. Theorem 1.2: Let \(G\) and \(H\) be compact Lie groups with \(H\) 1-truncated. Then there is a weak equivalence \(\mathrm{Hom}(G; H) \times_H EH \to \mathrm{Map}(BG; BH)\), where \(H\) acts on \(\mathrm{Hom}(G; H)\) by conjugation \(h \phi:=h \phi h^{-1}\). The main idea of the paper is the use of the nerve \(N(H, V)\) of the exponential crossed module of the 1-truncated compact Lie group \(H\). It is first shown that the simplicial space \(N(H, V)\) is a Reedy fibrant model for the usual simplicial nerve \(NH\) of \(H\), and thus can be used to compute maps from \(BG\) to \(BH\) in terms of maps of simplicial spaces from \(NG\) to \(N(H, V)\). The unbased Theorem 1.2 is derived from the based Theorem 1.1 by comparing associated fibrations over \(BH\).

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