Higher dimensional de Rham Theorem

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Let XX be a smooth manifold, let x0∈Xx_0\in X, and let Bsn(X)x0homB_s^n(X)_{x_0}^{hom} denote the space of homotopy-invariant higher-dimensional iterated integrals of length at most ss on based nn-loops. Let πn=πn(X,x0)\pi_n=\pi_n(X,x_0), and let πn<n\pi_n^{<n} be the subgroup generated by the images of all maps

α∗:πn(Sk)→πn(X),\alpha_*:\pi_n(S^k)\to\pi_n(X),

where α\alpha ranges over πk(X,x0)\pi_k(X,x_0) and 1≤k<n1\leq k<n. Let JJ be the augmentation ideal of the group ring Z[πn/πn<n]\mathbb Z[\pi_n/\pi_n^{<n}]. Higher dimensional de Rham Theorem. Iterated integration gives an isomorphism

Bsn(X)x0hom⟶≅Hom⁡Z(Z[πn/πn<n]/Js+1,R).B_s^n(X)_{x_0}^{hom}\stackrel{\cong}{\longrightarrow} \operatorname{Hom}_{\mathbb Z}\left(\mathbb Z[\pi_n/\pi_n^{<n}]/J^{s+1},\mathbb R\right).

This conjecture extends Chen's de Rham theorem from one-dimensional loops to higher-dimensional membranes. The paper introduces the higher-dimensional iterated integrals and establishes their basic properties, but the proposed isomorphism is not proved in the supplied text.

References

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Anton Deitmar and Ivan Horozov, “Iterated integrals over higher dimensional loops”, arXiv:1203.3768 (2012).

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