On the cohomology algebra of free loop spaces

DOI10.1016/S0040-9383(00)00022-7MaRDI QIDQ5952745zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Bitjong Ndombol, Jean-Claude Thomas

Publication date 26 February 2003

Published in Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0109145

zbMATH Keywords

differential graded algebrasfree loop spacesHochschild homologystrongly homotopy commutative graded algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(Co)homology of rings and associative algebras (e.g., Hochschild, cyclic, dihedral, etc.) (16E40) Differential graded algebras and applications (associative algebraic aspects) (16E45) Secondary and higher cohomology operations in algebraic topology (55S20) Bar and cobar constructions (57T30)

Abstract: Let $X$ be a simply connected space and $BbbK$ be any field. The normalized singular cochains $N^{\ast }(X;BbbK)$ admit a natural strongly homotopy commutative algebra structure, which induces a natural product on the Hochschild homology $H{H}_{\ast }{N}^{\ast }X$ of the space $X$. We prove that, endowed with this product, $H{H}_{\ast }{N}^{\ast }X$ is isomorphic to the cohomology algebra of the free loop space of $X$ with coefficients in $BbbK$. We also show how to construct a simpler Hochschild complex which allows direct computation.

Review text

The authors construct a product on the normalized Hochschild complex of a graded algebra if it is strongly homotopy commutative (rather than the usual condition of being strictly commutative). The application they have in mind is the algebra of normalized singular cochains on a simply connected space \(X\) with coefficients in a field \(k\), \(N^*(X;k)\), which admits a natural strongly homotopy commutative algebra structure by work of \textit{H. J. Munkholm} [J. Pure Appl. Algebra 5, 1-50 (1974; Zbl 0294.55011)]. \textit{J. D. S. Jones} has shown [Invent. Math. 87, 403-423 (1987; Zbl 0644.55005)] that \(HH_*(N^*(X;k))\cong H^*(X^{S^1};k)\) as graded vector spaces, and the authors show that their product on the left term agrees with the usual cup product on the right. Using a notion of equivalence of strongly homotopy commutative algebras, they are able to replace \(N^*(X;k)\) with commutative DGAs in various situations to facilitate calculations. In particular they give results on the multiplicative structure of \(H^*(X^{S^1};\mathbb{F}_p)\) for \(X=S^{2n}\), \(\mathbb{C} P^n\), and also \(X=\Sigma\mathbb{C} P^n\) for \(p=2\) and \(X=G_2\) for \(p=5\).

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