Classification by the Bianchi–Massey and pentagonal Massey tensors

Let XX and YY be closed (n1)(n{-}1)-connected mm-manifolds, with n>1n>1 and m5n2m\leq 5n-2. Let

F:H(X)H(Y)F:H^*(X)\to H^*(Y)

be an isomorphism of cohomology algebras. Write Tb\mathcal{T}_b and Tc\mathcal{T}_c for the uniform triple products associated with choices bb on XX and cc on YY, write Pb\mathcal{P}_b and Pc\mathcal{P}_c for the corresponding pentagonal Massey tensors, and let Δ\Delta be the subspace of Hom(D,H2)\operatorname{Hom}(\mathcal{D}^*,H^{*-2}) defined from these choices. Classification conjecture. The map FF is realised by a rational homotopy equivalence if and only if FF intertwines the Bianchi–Massey tensors and, for every pair of choices bb and cc such that FF intertwines Tb\mathcal{T}_b and Tc\mathcal{T}_c, one has

F#PcPbΔ.F^\#\mathcal{P}_c-\mathcal{P}_b\in\Delta.

The conjecture aims to extend the known classification result below dimension 5n25n-2 by identifying the additional fourfold-product information needed in the borderline range; the surrounding discussion notes that data beyond these tensors may be required above this range.

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Primary source

Csaba Nagy and Johannes Nordström, “Rational homotopy and simply-connected 8-manifolds”, arXiv:2105.13660 (2021).

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