Measure theory and classifying spaces

2017/02/07 by Marin, Ivan
#Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #FOS: Mathematics #General Topology (math.GN) #Metric Geometry (math.MG)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1702.01889

Abstract

We construct classifying spaces for discrete and compact Lie groups, with the property that they are topological groups and complete metric spaces in a natural way. We sketch a program in view of extending these constructions.

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