Relative (non-)formality of the little cubes operads and the algebraic Cerf lemma

DOI10.1353/AJM.2018.0006zbMATH Open1428.18033arXiv1409.0163OpenAlexW2962933200WikidataQ124816726 ScholiaQ124816726MaRDI QIDQ4582809FDOQ4582809

Authors: Thomas Willwacher, Victor Turchin 

Publication date: 24 August 2018

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that the operad maps $E_{n}o{E}_{n+k}$ are formal over the reals for $kgeq2$ and non-formal for $k=1$. Furthermore we compute the cohomology of the deformation complex of the operad maps $E_{n}o{E}_{n+1}$, proving an algebraic version of the Cerf Lemma.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.0163

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zbMATH Keywords

formalitygraph complexesdeformation complexeschain operads of little cubes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop space machines and operads in algebraic topology (55P48) Rational homotopy theory (55P62) Operads (general) (18M60)

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