Koszul self duality of manifolds

Abstract

We show that Koszul duality for operads in $(\mathrm{Top},\times )$ can be expressed via generalized Thom complexes. As an application, we prove the Koszul self duality of the little disk modules $E_M$. We discuss implications for factorization homology, embedding calculus, and confirm an old conjecture of Ching on the relation of Goodwillie calculus to manifold calculus.

To appear in Journal of Topology