On the Betti numbers of a loop space

Publication date 18 February 2010

Abstract: Let

A

be a special homotopy G-algebra over a commutative unital ring

B b b k

such that both

H (A)

and

o p e r a t o r n a m e {T o r}_{i}^{A} (B b b k, B b b k)

are finitely generated

B b b k

-modules for all

i

, and let

a u_{i} (A)

be the cardinality of a minimal generating set for the

B b b k

-module

o p e r a t o r n a m e {T o r}_{i}^{A} (B b b k, B b b k) .

Then the set

a u_{i} (A)

is unbounded if and only if

i l d e H (A)

has two or more algebra generators. When

A = C^{a s t} (X; B b b k)

is the simplicial cochain complex of a simply connected finite

C W

-complex

X,

there is a similar statement for the "Betti numbers" of the loop space

O m e g a X .

This unifies existing proofs over a field

B b b k

of zero or positive characteristic.

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