Mathematics – Combinatorics
Scientific paper
1997-04-29
Mathematics
Combinatorics
Scientific paper
In this paper we study the problem of determining the homology groups of a quotient of a topological space by an action of a group. The method is to represent the original topological space as a homotopy limit of a diagram, and then act with the group on that diagram. Once it is possible to understand what the action of the group on every space in the diagram is, and what it does to the morphisms, we can compute the homology groups of the homotopy limit of this quotient diagram. Our motivating example is the symmetric deleted join of a simplicial complex. It can be represented as a diagram of symmetric deleted products. In the case where the simplicial complex in question is a simplex, we perform the complete computation of the homology groups with $\mathbb Z_p$ coefficients. For the infinite simplex the spaces in the quotient diagram are classifying spaces of various direct products of symmetric groups and diagram morphisms are induced by group homomorphisms. Combining Nakaoka's description of the $\mathbb Z_p$-homology of the symmetric group with a spectral sequence, we reduce the computation to an essentially combinatorial problem, which we then solve using the braid stratification of a sphere. Finally, we give another description of the problem in terms of posets and complete the computation for the case of a finite simplex.
Babson Eric
Kozlov Dmitry
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