Subdivisional spaces and graph braid groups (Q2324344)
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Subdivisional spaces and graph braid groups (English)
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11 September 2019
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Summary: We study the problem of computing the homology of the configuration spaces of a finite cell complex \(X\). We proceed by viewing \(X\), together with its subdivisions, as a \textit{subdivisional space} -- a kind of diagram object in a category of cell complexes. After developing a version of Morse theory for subdivisional spaces, we decompose \(X\) and show that the homology of the configuration spaces of \(X\) is computed by the derived tensor product of the Morse complexes of the pieces of the decomposition, an analogue of the monoidal excision property of factorization homology. Applying this theory to the configuration spaces of a graph, we recover a cellular chain model due to Swiatkowski. Our method of deriving this model enhances it with various convenient functorialities, exact sequences, and module structures, which we exploit in numerous computations, old and new.
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configuration spaces
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cell complexes
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subdivisional spaces
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graphs
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braid groups
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