Oriented-homotopy invariance conjecture for higher string topology operations

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Let M1M_1 and M2M_2 be oriented manifolds and let f:M1\mapM2f:M_1\map M_2 be an oriented homotopy equivalence, meaning a homotopy equivalence that sends the orientation of M1M_1 to an orientation of M2M_2. Consider the string operations in the paper's main theorem together with the conjectured relative string topology operations.

Oriented-homotopy invariance conjecture. The operations of the main theorem and the conjectured relative string topology operations are oriented-homotopy invariant.

This would extend the known oriented-homotopy invariance of the Chas–Sullivan BV structure to the higher and relative string topology operations constructed or proposed in the paper. The source gives no resolution of the conjecture.

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Veronique Godin, “Higher string topology operations”, arXiv:0711.4859 (2008).

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