Configurations, and parallelograms associated to centers of mass

arXivmath/0611732MaRDI QIDQ6478299FDOQ6478299

Authors: F. R. Cohen, Yasuhiko Kamiyama 

Publication date: 23 November 2006

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to �egin{enumerate} item define $M(t,k)$ the $t$-fold center of mass arrangement for $k$ points in the plane, item give elementary properties of $M(t,k)$ and item give consequences concerning the space $M(2,k)$ of $k$ distinct points in the plane, no four of which are the vertices of a parallelogram. end{enumerate} The main result proven in this article is that the classical unordered configuration of $k$ points in the plane is not a retract up to homotopy of the space of $k$ unordered distinct points in the plane, no four of which are the vertices of a parallelogram. The proof below is homotopy theoretic without an explicit computation of the homology of these spaces. In addition, a second, speculative part of this article arises from the failure of these methods in the case of odd primes $p$. This failure gives rise to a candidate for the localization at odd primes $p$ of the double loop space of an odd sphere obtained from the $p$-fold center of mass arrangement. Potential consequences are listed.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homology with local coefficients, equivariant cohomology (55N25)

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