Our aim is to provide space level maps between configuration spaces of graphs that
are predicted by algebraic manipulations of cellular chains. More explicitly, we
consider edge contraction and half-edge deletion, and identify the homotopy cofibers
in terms of configuration spaces of simpler graphs. The construction’s main benefit
lies in making the operations functorial — in particular, graph minors give rise to
compatible maps at the level of fundamental groups as well as generalized
(co)homology theories.
As applications we provide a long exact sequence for half-edge deletion in any
generalized cohomology theory, compatible with cohomology operations such as the
Steenrod and Adams operations, allowing for inductive calculations in this general
context. We also show that the generalized homology of unordered configuration
spaces is finitely generated as a representation of the opposite graph-minor
category.
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