The rational homotopy type of configuration spaces of two points
Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 54 (2004) no. 4, pp. 1029-1052.

We prove that the rational homotopy type of the configuration space of two points in a 2-connected closed manifold depends only on the rational homotopy type of that manifold and we give a model in the sense of Sullivan of that configuration space. We also study the formality of configuration spaces.

Nous démontrons que le type d’homotopie rationnelle de l’espace des configurations de deux points dans une variété fermée 2-connexe dépend uniquement du type d’homotopie rationnelle de cette variété et nous montrons comment construire un modèle de Sullivan de cet espace de configuration. Nous étudions aussi la formalité des espaces de configuration.

DOI: 10.5802/aif.2042
Classification: 55P62
Keywords: configuration space, Sullivan model
Mot clés : espaces de configuration, modèles de Sullivan

Lambrechts, Pascal 1; Stanley, Don 

1 Université de Louvain, Institut Mathématique, 2 chemin du Cyclotron, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, (Belgique), University of Ottawa, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 585 King Edward Ave., Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 (CANADA)
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Lambrechts, Pascal; Stanley, Don. The rational homotopy type of configuration spaces of two points. Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 54 (2004) no. 4, pp. 1029-1052. doi : 10.5802/aif.2042. https://aif.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/aif.2042/

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