A recognition principle for iterated suspensions as coalgebras over the little cubes operad

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Main Authors: Flynn-Connolly, Oisín, Moreno-Fernández, José M., Wierstra, Felix
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Published: 2022
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author Flynn-Connolly, Oisín
Moreno-Fernández, José M.
Wierstra, Felix
author_facet Flynn-Connolly, Oisín
Moreno-Fernández, José M.
Wierstra, Felix
contents Our main result is a recognition principle for iterated suspensions as coalgebras over the little disks operads. Given a topological operad, we construct a comonad in pointed topological spaces endowed with the wedge product. We then prove an approximation theorem that shows that the comonad associated to the little $n$-cubes operad is weakly equivalent to the comonad $Σ^n Ω^n$ arising from the suspension-loop space adjunction. Finally, our recognition theorem states that every little $n$-cubes coalgebra is homotopy equivalent to an $n$-fold suspension. These results are the Eckmann--Hilton dual of May's foundational results on iterated loop spaces.
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spellingShingle A recognition principle for iterated suspensions as coalgebras over the little cubes operad
Flynn-Connolly, Oisín
Moreno-Fernández, José M.
Wierstra, Felix
Algebraic Topology
18M75, 55P40, 55P48
Our main result is a recognition principle for iterated suspensions as coalgebras over the little disks operads. Given a topological operad, we construct a comonad in pointed topological spaces endowed with the wedge product. We then prove an approximation theorem that shows that the comonad associated to the little $n$-cubes operad is weakly equivalent to the comonad $Σ^n Ω^n$ arising from the suspension-loop space adjunction. Finally, our recognition theorem states that every little $n$-cubes coalgebra is homotopy equivalent to an $n$-fold suspension. These results are the Eckmann--Hilton dual of May's foundational results on iterated loop spaces.
title A recognition principle for iterated suspensions as coalgebras over the little cubes operad
topic Algebraic Topology
18M75, 55P40, 55P48
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.00839