On the Homotopy Type of Certain Cobordism Categories of Surfaces

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNS276zbMATH Open1408.57032arXiv1008.5089OpenAlexW2963451197MaRDI QIDQ3448317FDOQ3448317

George Raptis

Publication date: 23 October 2015

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

Abstract: Let $mathcal{A}_{g,d}$ be the (topological) cobordism category of orientable surfaces whose connected components are homeomorphic to either $S^{1}imesI$ with one incoming and one outgoing boundary component or the surface $Sigm{a}_{g,d}$ of genus $g$ and $d$ boundary components that are all incoming. In this paper, we study the homotopy type of the classifying space of the cobordism categories $mathcal{A}_{g,d}$ and the associated (ordinary) cobordism categories of their connected components $mathbb{A}_d$. $mathcal{A}_{0,2}$ is the cobordism category of complex annuli that was considered by Costello and $mathbb{A}_2$ is homotopy equivalent with the positive boundary 1-dimensional embedded cobordism category of Galatius-Madsen-Tillmann-Weiss. We identify their homotopy type with the infinite loop spaces associated with certain Thom spectra.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.5089

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zbMATH Keywords

classifying spacehomotopy typeRiemann surfacescobordism categoryinfinite loop space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classifying spaces of groups and (H)-spaces in algebraic topology (55R35) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Bordism and cobordism theories and formal group laws in algebraic topology (55N22) Classification of homotopy type (55P15)

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