Non-formality of planar configuration spaces in characteristic 2

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNY091MaRDI QIDQ3296129zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Paolo Salvatore

Publication date 7 July 2020

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.06816

zbMATH Keywords

formalityEuclidean configuration spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80)

Abstract: We prove that the ordered configuration space of 4 or more points in the plane has a non-formal singular cochain algebra in characteristic two. This is proved by constructing an explicit non trivial obstruction class in the Hochschild cohomology of the cohomology ring of the configuration space, by means of the Barratt-Eccles-Smith simplicial model. We also show that if the number of points does not exceed its dimension, then an euclidean configuration space is intrinsically formal over any ring.

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