The converse characterization of R-Poincaré duality spaces by graph cobordisms
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.
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Andrea Bianchi, “String topology and graph cobordisms”, arXiv:2511.14978 (2025).
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