Mathematics – Algebraic Topology
Scientific paper
2007-07-02
Contemp. Math., 460, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2008, pp. 293-322.
Mathematics
Algebraic Topology
30 pages, LaTeX2e; minor changes in v2
Scientific paper
We argue for the addition of category theory to the toolkit of toric topology, by surveying recent examples and applications. Our case is made in terms of toric spaces X_K, such as moment-angle complexes Z_K, quasitoric manifolds M, and Davis-Januszkiewicz spaces DJ(K). We first exhibit X_K as the homotopy colimit of a diagram of spaces over the small category cat(K), whose objects are the faces of a finite simplicial complex K and morphisms their inclusions. Then we study the corresponding cat(K)-diagrams in various algebraic Quillen model categories, and interpret their homotopy colimits as algebraic models for X_K. Such models encode many standard algebraic invariants, and their existence is assured by the Quillen structure. We provide several illustrative calculations, often over the rationals, including proofs that quasitoric manifolds (and various generalisations) are rationally formal; that the rational Pontrjagin ring of the loop space \Omega DJ(K) is isomorphic to the quadratic dual of the Stanley-Reisner algebra Q[K] for flag complexes K; and that DJ(K) is coformal precisely when K is flag. We conclude by describing algebraic models for the loop space \Omega DJ(K) for any complex K, which mimic our previous description as a homotopy colimit of topological monoids.
Panov Taras
Ray Nigel
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