The framed little 2-discs operad and diffeomorphisms of handlebodies

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2010-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/1008.3272v2

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

24 pages

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The framed little 2-discs operad is homotopy equivalent to a cyclic operad. We show that the derived modular envelope of this cyclic operad (i.e., the modular operad freely generated in a homotopy invariant sense) is homotopy equivalent to the modular operad made from classifying spaces of diffeomorphism groups of 3-dimensional handlebodies with marked discs on their boundaries. A modification of the argument provides a new and elementary proof of K. Costello's theorem that the derived modular envelope of the associative operad is homotopy equivalent to the ``open string'' modular operad made from moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces with marked intervals on the boundary. Our technique also recovers a theorem of C. Braun that the derived modular envelope of the cyclic operad that describes associative algebras with involution is homotopy equivalent to the modular operad made from moduli spaces of unoriented Klein surfaces with open string gluing.

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