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Jeffrey H. Smith

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arXiv2004

Cosimplicial Objects and little n-cubes. I

In this paper we show that if a cosimplicial space or spectrum $X^\bullet$ has a certain kind of combinatorial structure (we call it a $Ξ^n$-structure) then the total space of $X^\b$ has an action of a certain operad which is weakly equivalent to the little n-cubes operad. The $n\leq 2$ case was proved by a more complicated argument in our earlier paper A Solution of Deligne's Hochschild Cohomology Conjecture (http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.QA/9910126). In the special case $n=\infty$, we define a symmetric monoidal structure $\boxtimes$ on cosimplicial spaces and show that if $X^\b$ is a commutative $\boxtimes$-monoid then the total space of $\X^\b$ is an $E_\infty$ space.

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arXiv2004

Operads and cosimplicial objects: an introduction

This paper is an introduction to a series of papers in which we give combinatorial models for certain important operads (including A-infinity and E-infinity operads, the little n-cubes operads, and the framed little disks operad) and combinatorial conditions for them to act on a given space or chain complex. The paper does not assume any prior knowledge of operads--Sections 2, 6 and 9, which can be read independently, are an introduction to the theory of operads.

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arXiv2002

Multivariable cochain operations and little n-cubes

This is a revision of a paper first posted June 4, 2001. It will appear in the Journal of the AMS. In this paper we construct a small $E_\infty$ chain operad $§$ which acts naturally on the normalized cochains $S^*X$ of a topological space. We also construct, for each $n$, a suboperad $§_n$ which is quasi-isomorphic to the normalized singular chains of the little $n$-cubes operad. The case $n=2$ leads to a substantial simplification of our earlier proof of Deligne's Hochschild cohomology conjecture.

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arXiv2001

A solution of Deligne's conjecture

Deligne asked in 1993 whether the Hochschild cochain complex of an associative ring has a natural action by the singular chains of the little 2-cubes operad. In this paper we give an affirmative answer to this question. We also show that the topological Hochschild cohomology spectrum of an associative ring spectrum has an action of an operad equivalent to the little 2-cubes.

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