• Title/Summary/Keyword: approximations to Lusternik-S-chnirelmann category

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FIBREWISE INFINITE SYMMETRIC PRODUCTS AND M-CATEGORY

  • Hans, Scheerer;Manfred, Stelzer
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.671-682
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    • 1999
  • Using a base-point free version of the infinite symmetric product we define a fibrewise infinite symmetric product for any fibration $E\;\longrightarrow\;B$. The construction works for any commutative ring R with unit and is denoted by $R_f(E)\;l\ongrightarrow\;B$. For any pointed space B let $G_I(B)\;\longrightarrow\;B$ be the i-th Ganea fibration. Defining $M_R-cat(B):= inf{i\midR_f(G_i(B))\longrihghtarrow\;B$ admits a section} we obtain an approximation to the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of B which satisfies .g.a product formula. In particular, if B is a 1-connected rational space of finite rational type, then $M_Q$-cat(B) coincides with the well-known (purely algebraically defined) M-category of B which in fact is equal to cat (B) by a result of K.Hess. All the constructions more generally apply to the Ganea category of maps.

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