Quantitative nullhomotopy conjecture via Sullivan-model depth

Let XX have dimension at most nn, let YY be simply connected, and let f:XYf:X\to Y be nullhomotopic with Lipschitz constant at most LL. Let

0=V0V1Vq0=V_0\subset V_1\subset\cdots\subset V_q

be a filtration of the indecomposables in dimensions at most nn of the Sullivan minimal model of YY such that dViQVi1dV_i\subseteq\mathbb{Q}\langle V_{i-1}\rangle; let qq be the minimal possible depth of such a filtration. Quantitative nullhomotopy conjecture. The map ff has a nullhomotopy of thickness O(L)O(L) and width O(Lq)O(L^q). The conjecture refines quantitative homotopy bounds by tying the width exponent to the rational homotopy type of YY; the source reports that the cases q=0q=0 and q=1q=1 are proved.

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Gregory R. Chambers, Fedor Manin and Shmuel Weinberger, “Quantitative nullhomotopy and rational homotopy type”, arXiv:1611.03513 (2018).

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