The converse characterization of R-Poincaré duality spaces by graph cobordisms
Let be the coefficient ring and let be a compact space. Consider the analogous data from Definition, regarded as data in . An -Poincaré duality space is a space satisfying the -Poincaré duality condition used in the construction.
Converse characterization conjecture. If is a commutative Frobenius algebra in
then is an -Poincaré duality space.
The forward construction only uses that is an -Poincaré duality space; an -orientation is used only to simplify formulas. The conjecture asserts that the resulting commutative Frobenius algebra structure also detects Poincaré duality.
References
Primary source
Andrea Bianchi, “String topology and graph cobordisms”, arXiv:2511.14978 (2025).
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