The smash-operation conjecture for path-connected topological operads

Let C\mathscr{C} be a path-connected topological operad with a basepoint, let YY be a C\mathscr{C}-space, and let α[Sl,C(k)]\alpha\in [S^l,\mathscr{C}(k)] be such that all diαd_i\alpha are trivial. Let μk:Sl×YkY\mu'_k:S^l\times Y^k\to Y be the iterated product on YY after projection to YkY^k, and let θα:Sl×YkY\theta_\alpha:S^l\times Y^k\to Y be the operation determined by α\alpha. Smash-operation conjecture. The map θα\theta_\alpha is homotopic to μk\mu'_k on the fat wedge of Sl×YkS^l\times Y^k, and consequently μkθα\mu'_k-\theta_\alpha induces a map

θˉα:SlYkY.\bar{\theta}_\alpha:S^l\wedge Y^{\wedge k}\to Y.

This would provide smash operations generalizing the Samelson product and induce multilinear operations on homotopy groups; the source presents it as a proposed conjecture, with no resolution stated.

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Wenbin Zhang, “Operations on Spaces over Operads and Applications to Homotopy Groups”, arXiv:1111.7134 (2011).

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