Constructing smooth manifolds of loop spaces

DOI10.1112/PLMS/PDN058MaRDI QIDQ5322042zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andrew James Stacey

Publication date 17 July 2009

Published in Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0612096

zbMATH Keywords

loop spacesmanifold structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Manifolds of mappings (58D15)

Abstract: We consider the general problem of constructing the structure of a smooth manifold on a given space of loops in a smooth finite dimensional manifold. By generalising the standard construction for smooth loops, we derive a list of conditions for the model space which, if satisfied, mean that a smooth structure exists. We also show how various desired properties can be derived from the model space; for example, topological properties such as paracompactness. We pay particular attention to the fact that the loop spaces that can be defined in this way are all homotopy equivalent; and also to the action of the circle by rigid rotations.

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