Embedding calculus knot invariants are of finite type

DOI10.2140/AGT.2017.17.1701zbMATH Open1377.55011arXiv1411.1832OpenAlexW331924745MaRDI QIDQ2398832FDOQ2398832

Authors: James Conant, Robin Koytcheff, Dev P. Sinha, Ryan D. Budney 

Publication date: 21 August 2017

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

Abstract: We show that the map on components from the space of classical long knots to the n-th stage of its Goodwillie-Weiss embedding calculus tower is a map of monoids whose target is an abelian group and which is invariant under clasper surgery. We deduce that this map on components is a finite type-(n-1) knot invariant. We also compute the second page in total degree zero for the spectral sequence converging to the components of this tower as Z-modules of primitive chord diagrams, providing evidence for the conjecture that the tower is a universal finite-type invariant over the integers. Key to these results is the development of a group structure on the tower compatible with connect-sum of knots, which in contrast with the corresponding results for the (weaker) homology tower requires novel techniques involving operad actions, evaluation maps, and cosimplicial and subcubical diagrams.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1832

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zbMATH Keywords

configuration spacesspectral sequencesevaluation mapscalculus of functorsembedding calculuscosimplicial spacesfinite-type knot invariantsmapping space modelsstacking long knotsTaylor tower for the space of knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy functors in algebraic topology (55P65)

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• Spaces of smooth embeddings and configuration categories
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