Topological pullback, covering spaces, and a triad of Quillen

2012/05/14 by Jack S. Calcut, John D. McCarthy, Calcut, Jack S. +1
Mathematics · #18A30 (Primary) 18A22 #55R10 (Secondary) #57M10 #Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Category Theory (math.CT) #FOS: Mathematics #General Topology (math.GN) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #math.AT #math.CT #math.GN #msc:18A22 #msc:18A30 #msc:55R10 #msc:57M10

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.3122

23 pages, 2 figures

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Abstract

We study pullback from a topological viewpoint with emphasis on pullback of covering maps. We generalize a triad of Quillen on properties of the pullback functor.

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