A canonical enriched Adams-Hilton model for simplicial sets

Abstract

For any 1-reduced simplicial set $K$ we define a canonical, coassociative coproduct on $\Om C(K)$, the cobar construction applied to the normalized, integral chains on $K$, such that any canonical quasi-isomorphism of chain algebras from $\Om C(K)$ to the normalized, integral chains on $GK$, the loop group of $K$, is a coalgebra map up to strong homotopy. Our proof relies on the operadic description of the category of chain coalgebras and of strongly homotopy coalgebra maps given in math.AT/0505559.

28 pages. This revised version incorporates operadic techniques developed in math.AT/0505559

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