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Representing the Fundamental Classfundamental class of an Aspherical Manifoldaspherical manifold in the Bar Complexbar complex

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Suppose $M$ is a compact orientable aspherical manifold and $G$ its fundamental group. Is there a nice description of representatives of the fundamental class of $M$ and its dual in the (homogenous) bar complex of $G$? I'm especially interested in the dual fundamental class and I think it might have the more natural description.

If $M$ is negatively curved and one fixes a base point in $\tilde{M}$ one can probably map an $n+1$-tuple of group elements to the volume of their convex hull in $\tilde{M}$ to get a representative of the dual fundamental class, but I don't see how this extends to the non negatively curved case.

Suppose $M$ is a compact orientable aspherical manifold and $G$ its fundamental group. Is there a nice description of representatives of the fundamental class of $M$ and its dual in the (homogenous) bar complex of $G$?

If $M$ is negatively curved and one fixes a base point in $\tilde{M}$ one can probably map an $n+1$-tuple of group elements to the volume of their convex hull in $\tilde{M}$ to get a representative of the dual fundamental class, but I don't see how this extends to the non negatively curved case.

Suppose $M$ is a compact orientable aspherical manifold and $G$ its fundamental group. Is there a nice description of representatives of the fundamental class of $M$ and its dual in the (homogenous) bar complex of $G$? I'm especially interested in the dual fundamental class and I think it might have the more natural description.

If $M$ is negatively curved and one fixes a base point in $\tilde{M}$ one can probably map an $n+1$-tuple of group elements to the volume of their convex hull in $\tilde{M}$ to get a representative of the dual fundamental class, but I don't see how this extends to the non negatively curved case.

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Representing the Fundamental Class of an Aspherical Manifold in the Bar Complex

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