Connectivity conjecture for the two-component link-map comparison map

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Let P1P_1 and P2P_2 be manifolds of dimensions pp and qq, respectively, and let NN be an nn-dimensional manifold. Write Link⁡(P1,P2;N)\operatorname{Link}(P_1,P_2;N) for the space of link maps, and let T2Link⁡(P1,P2;N)\mathcal{T}_2\operatorname{Link}(P_1,P_2;N) denote its second Taylor approximation. When the basepoint lies in the image of the space of link maps, let l2l_2 be the associated map from the homotopy fiber of the comparison map to the relevant cobordism loop space.

Connectivity conjecture. The map l2l_2 is (2n−max⁡{2p+q,2q+p}−3)(2n-\max\{2p+q,2q+p\}-3)-connected.

This conjecture gives the expected connectivity of the manifold-calculus comparison map for two-component link maps. The source states it as a consequence of the corresponding conjecture for the map from the link-map space to its second Taylor approximation; its resolution is not specified here.

References

Primary source

Brian Munson, “A Manifold Calculus Approach to Link Maps and the Linking Number”, arXiv:math/0702163 (2007).

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