Topological symmetric and braid homologies

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Main Authors: Angelini-Knoll, Gabriel, Chan, David, Gerhardt, Teena, Merling, Mona, Péroux, Maximilien
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Published: 2026
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author Angelini-Knoll, Gabriel
Chan, David
Gerhardt, Teena
Merling, Mona
Péroux, Maximilien
author_facet Angelini-Knoll, Gabriel
Chan, David
Gerhardt, Teena
Merling, Mona
Péroux, Maximilien
contents We identify topological symmetric homology as the free $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-algebra on an $\mathbb{E}_1$-algebra and topological braid homology as the free $\mathbb{E}_2$-algebra on an $\mathbb{E}_1$-algebra. In this way, topological symmetric homology and topological braid homology can be regarded as variants of $1$-dimensional representation homology. In order to identify topological braid homology as the free $\mathbb{E}_2$-algebra on an $\mathbb{E}_1$-algebra, we prove that the $\mathbb{E}_2$-monoidal envelope of the associative operad can be identified with the braided crossed simplicial group. Using this, we also compute the topological braid homology of grouplike $\mathbb{E}_1$-spaces. Further, we develop computational tools for topological symmetric and braid homologies. These tools allow us to perform low-degree computations of topological symmetric homology and prove that it is not Morita invariant. We also compute the topological $Δ\mathbf{G}$-homology of Thom spectra in general and produce explicit formulas in the case of topological symmetric and braid homologies.
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spellingShingle Topological symmetric and braid homologies
Angelini-Knoll, Gabriel
Chan, David
Gerhardt, Teena
Merling, Mona
Péroux, Maximilien
Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
K-Theory and Homology
16E40, 55P43, 57T30, 18M75, 18N60, 55P42
We identify topological symmetric homology as the free $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-algebra on an $\mathbb{E}_1$-algebra and topological braid homology as the free $\mathbb{E}_2$-algebra on an $\mathbb{E}_1$-algebra. In this way, topological symmetric homology and topological braid homology can be regarded as variants of $1$-dimensional representation homology. In order to identify topological braid homology as the free $\mathbb{E}_2$-algebra on an $\mathbb{E}_1$-algebra, we prove that the $\mathbb{E}_2$-monoidal envelope of the associative operad can be identified with the braided crossed simplicial group. Using this, we also compute the topological braid homology of grouplike $\mathbb{E}_1$-spaces. Further, we develop computational tools for topological symmetric and braid homologies. These tools allow us to perform low-degree computations of topological symmetric homology and prove that it is not Morita invariant. We also compute the topological $Δ\mathbf{G}$-homology of Thom spectra in general and produce explicit formulas in the case of topological symmetric and braid homologies.
title Topological symmetric and braid homologies
topic Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
K-Theory and Homology
16E40, 55P43, 57T30, 18M75, 18N60, 55P42
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22946