Homotopy Normal Maps

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2010-11-21

arxiv.org/abs/1011.4708v7

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Algebraic Topology

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Normal maps between discrete groups $N\rightarrow G$ were characterized [FS] as those which induce a compatible topological group structure on the homotopy quotient $EN\times_N G$. Here we deal with topological group (or loop) maps $N\rightarrow G$ being normal in the same sense as above and hence forming a homotopical analogue to the inclusion of a topological normal subgroup in a reasonable way. We characterize these maps by a compatible simplicial loop space structure on $Bar_\bullet(N,G)$, invariant under homotopy monoidal functors, e.g. Localizations and Completions. In the course of characterizing homotopy normality, we define a notion of a "homotopy action" similar to an $A_{\infty}$ action on a space, but phrased in terms of Segal's 'special $\Delta-$spaces' and seem to be of importance on its own right. As an application of the invariance of normal maps, we give a very short proof to a theorem of Dwyer and Farjoun namely that a localization by a suspended map of a principal fibration of connected spaces is again principal. The current version contains in addition a weakly inverse correspondence between homotopy actions and (strict) group actions and thorough polish.

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