Product and other fine structure in polynomial resolutions of mapping spaces

DOI10.2140/AGT.2002.2.591MaRDI QIDQ1606293zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stephen T. Ahearn, Nicholas J. Kuhn

Publication date 24 July 2002

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0109041, https://eudml.org/doc/122747, http://www.emis.de/journals/UW/agt/AGTVol2/agt-2-28.abs.html

zbMATH Keywords

continuous based functions generalized cohomology Goodwillie tower mapping space spectral sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop spaces (55P35) Stable homotopy theory, spectra (55P42)

Abstract: Let Map_T(K,X) denote the mapping space of continuous based functions between two based spaces K and X. If K is a fixed finite complex, Greg Arone has recently given an explicit model for the Goodwillie tower of the functor sending a space X to the suspension spectrum Sigma^infty Map_T(K,X). Applying a generalized homology theory h_* to this tower yields a spectral sequence, and this will converge strongly to h_*(Map_T(K,X)) under suitable conditions, e.g. if h_* is connective and X is at least dim K connected. Even when the convergence is more problematic, it appears the spectral sequence can still shed considerable light on h_*(Map_T(K,X)). Similar comments hold when a cohomology theory is applied. In this paper we study how various important natural constructions on mapping spaces induce extra structure on the towers. This leads to useful interesting additional structure in the associated spectral sequences. For example, the diagonal on Map_T(K,X) induces a `diagonal' on the associated tower. After applying any cohomology theory with products h^*, the resulting spectral sequence is then a spectral sequence of differential graded algebras. The product on the E_infty -term corresponds to the cup product in h^*(Map_T(K,X)) in the usual way, and the product on the E_1-term is described in terms of group theoretic transfers. We use explicit equivariant S-duality maps to show that, when K is the sphere S^n, our constructions at the fiber level have descriptions in terms of the Boardman-Vogt little n-cubes spaces. We are then able to identify, in a computationally useful way, the Goodwillie tower of the functor from spectra to spectra sending a spectrum X to Sigma ^infty Omega ^infty X.

Review text

Let \(\text{Map}_{\mathcal T}(K,X)\) denote the mapping space of continuous based functions between two based spaces \(K\) and \(X\), where \(K\) is assumed a finite complex. Recently, \textit{G. Arone} [Trans. Am. Soc. 351, 1123-1250 (2002; Zbl 0945.55011)] has given an explicit model for the Goodwillie tower of the functor sending a space \(X\) to the suspension spectrum \(\Sigma^{\infty}\text{Map}_{\mathcal T}(K,X)\). Applying a generalized homology theory \(h_{*}\) or similarly a generalized cohomology theory to the Goodwillie tower yields a spectral sequence, which under suitable conditions converges strongly to \(h_{*}\text{Map}_{\mathcal T}(K,X)\). In the present paper, the authors study how important natural constructions on mapping spaces, like product constructions and evaluation map constructions, induce extra structures on the Goodwillie towers and in turn lead to extra structures in the associated spectral sequences. The paper includes results from the first author's Ph. D. thesis, University of Virginia (2000).

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