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Cohomology of generalized configuration spaces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2019
Abstract
Let $X$ be a topological space. We consider certain generalized configuration spaces of points on
$X$, obtained from the cartesian product
$X^{n}$ by removing some intersections of diagonals. We give a systematic framework for studying the cohomology of such spaces using what we call ‘twisted commutative dg algebra models’ for the cochains on
$X$. Suppose that
$X$ is a ‘nice’ topological space,
$R$ is any commutative ring,
$H_{c}^{\bullet }(X,R)\rightarrow H^{\bullet }(X,R)$ is the zero map, and that
$H_{c}^{\bullet }(X,R)$ is a projective
$R$-module. We prove that the compact support cohomology of any generalized configuration space of points on
$X$ depends only on the graded
$R$-module
$H_{c}^{\bullet }(X,R)$. This generalizes a theorem of Arabia.
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The author gratefully acknowledges support by ERC-2017-STG 759082.
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