Timeline for Geometric Interpretations of Homotopy Theoretical Constructions
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| Jul 2, 2012 at 18:41 | comment | added | Jonathan Beardsley | That's sort of what I thought might happen, you necessarily get really massive cell complexes or something. Geometric constructions of such things would be really interesting to see (in low dimensions at least). | |
| Jul 2, 2012 at 4:56 | comment | added | Sean Tilson | I think Kathryn Hess discusses how you might think of the rationalized sphere in her notes on rational homotopy theory. As is alluded to below, i don't know that it is helpful geometrically. (she presents it as a cell complex, but it is huge) | |
| Jul 1, 2012 at 3:54 | vote | accept | Jonathan Beardsley | ||
| Jun 30, 2012 at 23:05 | answer | added | cdouglas | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jun 30, 2012 at 22:21 | answer | added | Konrad Voelkel | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 30, 2012 at 21:01 | comment | added | Vidit Nanda | I like the spirit of this question: visual intuition is often crucial in topology and geometry, and I would certainly benefit from good answers. However, I think it could be much improved if you focus on a question of the type: "are there good visual interpretations of homotopy theoretic constructions such as (blah), for instance by attaching cells?" rather than ask people whether they would personally find such constructions useful. | |
| Jun 30, 2012 at 20:30 | history | asked | Jonathan Beardsley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |