nLab shift map

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Context

Functional analysis

Topology

topology (point-set topology, point-free topology)

see also differential topology, algebraic topology, functional analysis and topological homotopy theory

Introduction

Basic concepts

Universal constructions

Extra stuff, structure, properties

Examples

Basic statements

Theorems

Analysis Theorems

topological homotopy theory

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Idea

There are many situations in algebraic topology in which one wants to work in a “Really Big Space”. Often, it is not that important which space is used, so long as it has some basic properties. A common feature that one wants of these spaces is that certain derived spaces be contractible. In many cases, it is possible to write down an actual contraction (rather than arguing from general nonsense) and in those cases, the contraction often uses the ability to “shift” pieces of the space from one place to another. This leads us to consider the notion of a shift map, and its cousin a split map, which provide enough structure to define the required contractions.

In short, a shift map is a generalisation of the obvious shift map 0 0\ell^0 \to \ell^0 given by (x 1,x 2,x 3,)(0,x 1,x 2,x 3,)(x_1,x_2,x_3,\dots) \mapsto (0,x_1,x_2,x_3,\dots). It is an inclusion (even an embedding) and its eventual image, kimS k\bigcap_k \im S^k, is zero. Note that a shift map on VV induces an isomorphism VVV \cong \mathbb{R} \oplus V, but the existence of a shift map is a stronger condition than that.

A split map is similar, except that the induced decomposition is VVVV \cong V \oplus V.

Definition

Definition

Let VV be a locally convex topological vector space over \mathbb{R}. Let kk \in \mathbb{N}. A shift map of order kk on VV is a continuous linear map S:VVS \colon V \to V with the following properties:

  1. SS is an embedding of VV onto a closed subspace of VV of codimension kk (so that V kVV \cong \mathbb{R}^k \oplus V), and
  2. kimS k={0}\bigcap_k \im S^k = \{0\}.

A locally convex topological vector space that admits a shift map will be called a shiftable space. The pair (V,S)(V,S) will be called a shift space.

Definition

Let VV be a locally convex topological vector space over \mathbb{R}. A split map on VV is a continuous linear map S:VVS \colon V \to V with the following properties:

  1. SS is an embedding of VV onto a closed subspace of VV with complement also isomorphic to VV, (so that VVVV \cong V \oplus V), and
  2. kimS k={0}\bigcap_k \im S^k = \{0\}.

A locally convex topological vector space that admits a split map will be called a splittable space. The pair (V,S)(V,S) will be called a split space.

There are obvious generalisations for other fields than \mathbb{R}.

Note on Notation

This is new terminology, invented to give a consistent way to refer to these spaces with their properties. At time of writing no existing name for this was known.

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