The rational homology of spaces of long knots in codimension > 2

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Abstract: We determine the rational homology of the space of long knots in R^d for dgeq4. Our main result is that the Vassiliev spectral sequence computing this rational homology collapses at the E^1 page. As a corollary we get that the homology of long knots (modulo immersions) is the Hochschild homology of the Poisson algebras operad with a bracket of degree d-1, which can be obtained as the homology of an explicit graph complex and is in theory completely computable. Our proof is a combination of a relative version of Kontsevich's formality of the little d-disks operad and of Sinha's cosimplicial model for the space of long knots arising from Goodwillie-Weiss embedding calculus. As another ingredient in our proof, we introduce a generalization of a construction that associates a cosimplicial object to a multiplicative operad. Along the way we also establish some results about the Bousfield-Kan spectral sequences of a truncated cosimplicial space.


Computing the homotopy type of the space of knots in a fixed Euclidean space is a challenging problem in homotopy theory. In this paper the authors determine the rational homology of the space of long knots in \(\mathbb R^d\) for \(d\geq 4\). The authors use functor calculus, the Bousfield-Kan spectral sequences of cosimplicial spaces, operads and the Vassiliev spectral sequence. Their main result is that the Vassiliev spectral sequence computing this rational homology collapses at the first page. As a corollary they get that the homology of long knots (modulo immersions) is the Hochschild homology of the Poisson algebras operad, which can be obtained as the homology of an explicit graph complex and is in theory completely computable.



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