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\newtheorem{prop}{Proposition} \newtheorem{cor}{Corollary} \newtheorem*{utheorem}{Theorem} \newtheorem*{ulemma}{Lemma} \newtheorem*{uprop}{Proposition} \newtheorem*{ucor}{Corollary} \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem{defn}{Definition} \newtheorem{example}{Example} \newtheorem*{udefn}{Definition} \newtheorem*{uexample}{Example} \theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem{remark}{Remark} \newtheorem{note}{Note} \newtheorem*{uremark}{Remark} \newtheorem*{unote}{Note} %------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{document} %------------------------------------------------------------------- \section*{co-binary Sullivan differential is Whitehead product} \hypertarget{context}{}\subsubsection*{{Context}}\label{context} \hypertarget{homotopy_theory}{}\paragraph*{{Homotopy theory}}\label{homotopy_theory} [[!include homotopy - contents]] \hypertarget{lie_theory}{}\paragraph*{{Lie theory}}\label{lie_theory} [[!include infinity-Lie theory - contents]] \hypertarget{contents}{}\section*{{Contents}}\label{contents} \noindent\hyperlink{idea}{Idea}\dotfill \pageref*{idea} \linebreak \noindent\hyperlink{notation_and_conventions}{Notation and conventions}\dotfill \pageref*{notation_and_conventions} \linebreak \noindent\hyperlink{statement}{Statement}\dotfill \pageref*{statement} \linebreak \noindent\hyperlink{examples}{Examples}\dotfill \pageref*{examples} \linebreak \noindent\hyperlink{HopfFibrations}{Hopf fibrations}\dotfill \pageref*{HopfFibrations} \linebreak \noindent\hyperlink{references}{References}\dotfill \pageref*{references} \linebreak \hypertarget{idea}{}\subsection*{{Idea}}\label{idea} We discuss (Prop. \ref{CoBinarySullivanDifferentialIsWhiteheadProduct} below) how the [[rationalization]] of the [[Whitehead product]] is the co-binary part of the [[Sullivan model|Sullivan differential]] in [[rational homotopy theory]]. \hypertarget{notation_and_conventions}{}\subsection*{{Notation and conventions}}\label{notation_and_conventions} We make explicit some notation and normalization conventions that enter the statement. In the following, for $W$ a $\mathbb{Z}$-[[graded module]], we write \begin{displaymath} W \wedge W \;\coloneqq\; Sym^2(W) \;\coloneqq\; \big( W \otimes W \big) / \big( \alpha \otimes \beta \sim (-1)^{ n_\alpha n_\beta } \beta \otimes \alpha \big) \,, \end{displaymath} where on the right $\alpha, \beta \in W$ are elements of homogeneous degree $n_\alpha, n_\beta \in \mathbb{Z}$, respectively. The point is just to highlight that ``$(-)\wedge(-)$'' is not to imply here a degree shift of the generators (as it typically does in the usual notation for [[Grassmann algebras]]). Let $X$ be a [[simply connected topological space]] with [[Sullivan model]] \begin{equation} CE( \mathfrak{l} X ) \;=\; \big( Sym^\bullet\big(V^\ast\big), d_X \big) \label{SullivanModelX}\end{equation} for $V^\ast$ the [[graded vector space]] of generators, which is the $\mathbb{Q}$-linear [[dual space|dual]] [[graded vector space]] of the [[graded object|graded]] $\mathbb{Z}$-[[module]] (=[[graded abelian group]]) of [[homotopy groups]] of $X$: \begin{displaymath} V^\ast \;\coloneqq\; Hom_{Ab}\big( \pi_\bullet(X), \mathbb{Q} \big) \,. \end{displaymath} Declare the [[wedge product]] pairing to be given by \begin{equation} \itexarray{ V^\ast \wedge V^\ast &\overset{\Phi}{\longrightarrow}& Hom_{Ab} \big( \pi_\bullet(X) \wedge \pi_\bullet(X) , \mathbb{Q} \big) \\ (\alpha, \beta) &\mapsto& \Big( v \wedge w \;\mapsto\; (-1)^{ n_\alpha \cdot n_\beta } \alpha(v)\cdot \beta(w) + \beta(v)\cdot \alpha(w) \Big) } \label{WedgeProductNormalization}\end{equation} where $\alpha$, $\beta$ are assumed to be of homogeneous degree $n_\alpha, n_\beta \in \mathbb{N}$, respectively. (Notice that the usual normalization factor of $1/2$ is \emph{not} included on the right. This normalization follows \hyperlink{AndrewsArkowitz78}{Andrews-Arkowitz 78, above Thm. 6.1}.) Finally, write \begin{equation} [-]_2 \;\colon\; Sym^\bullet\big(V^\ast\big) \longrightarrow V^\ast \wedge V^\ast \label{PojectionToBinary}\end{equation} for the linear projection on quadratic polynomials in the graded [[symmetric algebra]]. \hypertarget{statement}{}\subsection*{{Statement}}\label{statement} \begin{prop} \label{CoBinarySullivanDifferentialIsWhiteheadProduct}\hypertarget{CoBinarySullivanDifferentialIsWhiteheadProduct}{} \textbf{([[co-binary Sullivan differential is Whitehead product]])} Let $X$ be a [[simply connected topological space]] of rational [[finite type]], so that it has a [[Sullivan model]] with Sullivan differential $d_X$ \eqref{SullivanModelX}. Then the co-binary component \eqref{PojectionToBinary} of the Sullivan differential equals the $\mathbb{Q}$-[[linear dual map]] of the [[Whitehead product]] $[-,-]_X$ on the [[homotopy groups]] of $X$: \begin{displaymath} [d_X \alpha]_2 \;=\; [-,-]_X^\ast \,. \end{displaymath} More explicitly, the following [[commuting diagram|diagram commutes]]: \begin{displaymath} \itexarray{ V^\ast &\overset{ [-]_2\circ d_X }{\longrightarrow}& V^\ast \wedge V^\ast \\ \big\downarrow^{ \mathrlap{=} } && \big\downarrow^{ \mathrlap{\Phi} } \\ Hom_{Ab} \big( \pi_\bullet(X), \mathbb{Q} \big) & \underset{ Hom_{Ab}\big( [-,-]_X , \; \mathbb{Q} \big) }{ \longrightarrow } & Hom_{Ab} \big( \pi_\bullet(X) \wedge \pi_\bullet(X), \; \mathbb{Q} \big) } \,, \end{displaymath} where the wedge product on the right is normalized as in \eqref{WedgeProductNormalization}. \end{prop} (\hyperlink{AndrewsArkowitz78}{Andrews-Arkowitz 78, Thm. 6.1}, see also \hyperlink{FelixHalperinThomas00}{Félix-Halperin-Thomas 00, Prop. 13.16}) $\backslash$linebreak \hypertarget{examples}{}\subsection*{{Examples}}\label{examples} \hypertarget{HopfFibrations}{}\subsubsection*{{Hopf fibrations}}\label{HopfFibrations} For $X = S^2$ the [[2-sphere]], consider the following two [[elements]] of its [[homotopy groups]] ([[homotopy groups of spheres|of spheres]], as it were): \begin{enumerate}% \item $id_{S^2} \in \pi_2\big( S^2 \big)$ (represented by the [[identity function]] $S^2 \to S^2$) \item $h_{\mathbb{C}} \in \pi_3\big( S^3 \big)$ (represented by the [[complex Hopf fibration]]) \end{enumerate} Then the Whitehead product satisfies \begin{equation} \big[ id_{S^2}, \; id_{S^2} \big] \;=\; 2 \cdot h_{\mathbb{C}} \,. \label{WhiteheadProductOf2Sphere}\end{equation} (by \href{Whitehead+product#WhiteheadProductCorrespondingToComplexHopfFibration}{this Example}). Now let \begin{displaymath} vol_{S^2},\; vol_{S^3} \;\in\; CE\big( \mathfrak{l}S^2 \big) \end{displaymath} be the two generators of the [[rational n-sphere|Sullivan model of the 2-sphere]], \emph{normalized} such that they correspond to the [[volume forms]] of the [[2-sphere]] and (after [[pullback of differential forms|pullback]] along the [[complex Hopf fibration]] $h_{\mathbb{C}}$) of the [[3-sphere]], respectively. This means that the [[Sullivan model|Sullivan differential]] is \begin{equation} d_{S^2} vol_{S^3} \;=\; c \cdot vol_{S^2} \wedge vol_{S^2} \label{GenericDifferentialForSullivanModelOf2Sphere}\end{equation} for some [[rational number]] $c \in \mathbb{Q}$. Notice that with the normalization in \eqref{WedgeProductNormalization} we have \begin{displaymath} \begin{aligned} \Phi(vol_{S^2}, vol_{S^2})\big( id_{S^2} \wedge id_{S^2} \big) & = (-1)^{2 \cdot 2} vol_{S^2}\big( id_{S^2}\big) \cdot vol_{S^2}\big( id_{S^2}\big) + vol_{S^2}\big( id_{S^2}\big) \cdot vol_{S^2}\big( id_{S^2}\big) \\ & = 2 \end{aligned} \end{displaymath} Therefore Prop. \ref{CoBinarySullivanDifferentialIsWhiteheadProduct} gives \begin{displaymath} \itexarray{ \big\{ vol_{S^3} \big\} &\overset{[-]_2\circ d_{S^2}}{\longrightarrow}& c' \cdot ( vol_{S^2} \otimes vol_{S^2} ) \\ \big\downarrow && \big\downarrow^{\mathrlap{\Phi}} \\ \big\{ h_{\mathbb{H}} \big\} &\overset{ [-,-]_X^\ast }{\longrightarrow}& \big\{ id_{S^2} \wedge id_{S^2} \mapsto 2 \big\} } \end{displaymath} where in the bottom row we used the Whitehead product \eqref{WhiteheadProductOf2Sphere}. Hence $c = 1$: \begin{displaymath} d_{S^2} vol_3 \;=\; - vol_{S^2} \wedge vol_{S^2} \,. \end{displaymath} See also \hyperlink{FelixHalperinThomas00}{Félix-Halperin-Thomas 00, Example 1 on p. 178}. \hypertarget{references}{}\subsection*{{References}}\label{references} Under the general relation between the Sullivan model and the original Quillen model of [[rational homotopy theory]], the statement comes from \begin{itemize}% \item [[Daniel Quillen]], section I.5 of \emph{Rational Homotopy Theory}, Annals of Mathematics Second Series, Vol. 90, No. 2 (Sep., 1969), pp. 205-295 (\href{https://www.jstor.org/stable/1970725}{jstor:1970725}) \end{itemize} It is made fully explicit in \begin{itemize}% \item Peter Andrews, [[Martin Arkowitz]], Theorem 6.1 \emph{Sullivan's Minimal Models and Higher Order Whitehead Products}, Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 30(5), 961-982, 1978 (\href{https://doi.org/10.4153/CJM-1978-083-6}{doi:10.4153/CJM-1978-083-6}) \end{itemize} where the result is attributed to \begin{itemize}% \item [[Pierre Deligne]], [[Phillip Griffiths]], [[John Morgan]], [[Dennis Sullivan]], \emph{Real homotopy theory of Kähler manifolds}, Invent Math (1975) 29: 245 (\href{https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01389853}{doi:10.1007/BF01389853}) \end{itemize} which however just touches on it in passing. Textbook accounts: \begin{itemize}% \item [[Yves Félix]], [[Steve Halperin]], J.C. Thomas, Prop. 13.16 in \emph{Rational Homotopy Theory}, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 205, Springer-Verlag, 2000. \end{itemize} [[!redirects the co-binary Sullivan differential is the dual Whitehead product]] [[!redirects the co-binary Sullivan differential is the dual of the Whitehead product]] \end{document}