Fibrations between mapping spaces (Q471465)

In this paper the author studies spaces that preserve fibrations, in the sense that if \(p:E\to B\) belongs to some class of fibrations then the map \(p_{*}:E^{X}\to B^{X}\) between spaces with the compact-open topology given by formula \[ p_{*}(f)=p\cdot f, f:X\to E \] belongs to the same class. The preservation of fibrations is related to the local homotopy properties of the space \(X\). The main results of the paper are the following propositions: Proposition 3.11. Let \(p:E\to B\) be a regular Dold fibration, and assume that \(X\) admits a deformation retraction to some subspace that preserves Dold fibrations. Then \(p_{*}:E^{X}\to B^{X}\) is a Dold fibration. Moreover, if \(A\) preserves regular Dold fibrations then \(p_{*}\) is also regular. Theorem 3.13 (Preservation of Dold fibrations). Let \(p:E\to B\) be a Dold fibration, and assume that \(X\) has a numerable cover \(\{A_1, \dots, A_{n}\}\), such that \(A_i\) and each intersection \((A_1\cup \dots \cup A_{i-1}) \cap A_{i}\) admit a deformation retraction to some subspace that preserves \(p\) (as a Dold fibration). Then \(p_*:E^{X}\to B^{X}\) is also a Dold fibration. Corollary 3.14. Let \(p:E \to B\) be a Dold fibration and let \(X\) admit a finite numerable cover such that the intersection of any subfamily of its elements is contractible. Then \(p_{*}:E^{X}\to B^{X}\) is also Dold fibration.