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Classifying spaces of amalgamated topological monoids

Let $\mathsf{Top}_*$ be the category of well-based spaces and $\mathsf{TopMon}$ the category of topological monoids. Recall the James construction $\mathcal{J}:\mathsf{Top}_*\to \mathsf{TopMon}$ which ...
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Homotopy type of a specific discrete monoid

Consider the discrete monoid $M$ of nondecreasing continuous maps from $[0,1]$ to itself preserving the extremities. Note that the monoid is right-cancellative ($x.z=y.z$ implies $x=y$, since $z$ is ...
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Is every simply connected finite complex the classifying space of a finite monoid

On page 323 of Fiedorowicz, "Classifying Spaces of Topological Monoids and Categories" it was stated that "it seems likely that any finite simply connected complex should [have the same weak homotopy ...
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Is there a (discrete) monoid M injecting into its group completion G for which BM is not homotopy equivalent to BG?

For a (discrete) monoid $M$, the classifying space $BM$ is the geometric realization of the nerve of the one object category whose hom-set is $M$. (This definition gives the usual classfiying space ...
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