Comparing commutative and associative unbounded differential graded algebras over \(\mathbb{Q}\) from a homotopical point of view (Q2354976)

Let \(\mathsf{dgCAlg}^*\) and \(\mathsf{dgAlg}^*\) be the category of augmented commutative differential graded \({\mathbb Q}\)-algebras and the category of augmented differential graded \({\mathbb Q}\)-algebras, respectively. The author proves that for any \(R\) and \(S\) in \(\mathsf{dgCAlg}^*\), the map \( \Omega \text{Map}_{\mathsf{dgCAlg}^*}(R, S) \to \Omega \text{Map}_{\mathsf{dgAlg}^*}(R, S) \) induced by the forgetful functor \(\mathsf{dgCAlg}^* \to \mathsf{dgAlg}^*\) between the loop spaces of functor complexes has a retract. In particular, the induced map gives rise to an injective map \(\pi_i(\text{Map}_{\mathsf{dgCAlg}^*}(R, S)) \to \pi_i(\text{Map}_{\mathsf{dgAlg}^*}(R, S))\) for \(i > 0\). One of the ingredients of the proof is a factorization \(\mathsf{Ass} \to \mathsf{E}_\infty \to \mathsf{Com}\) of a map \(\mathsf{Ass} \to \mathsf{Com}\) from the associative operad to the commutative operad as a cofibration followed by a trivial fibration. Quillen adjunctions between categories of algebras, which are induced by the maps between operads mentioned above, play a crucial role in the proof.