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All known realizations of complete Lie algebras coincide

Yves Félix, Mario Fuentes and Aniceto Murillo

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 25 (2025) 1155–1167
Abstract

We prove that for any reduced differential graded Lie algebra L, the classical Quillen geometrical realization LQ is homotopy equivalent to the realization L = Hom cdgl (𝔏,L) constructed via the cosimplicial free complete differential graded Lie algebra 𝔏. As the latter is a deformation retract of the Deligne–Getzler–Hinich realization MC (L) we deduce that, up to homotopy, all known topological realization functors of complete differential graded Lie algebras coincide. Immediate consequences of our main result include an elementary proof of the Baues–Lemaire conjecture and the description of the Quillen realization as a representable functor.

Keywords
CDGAs, Baues–Lemaire conjecture, Quillen realization
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 17B55, 55P62
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Publication
Received: 20 July 2023
Revised: 24 February 2024
Accepted: 23 March 2024
Published: 16 May 2025
Authors
Yves Félix
Département de Mathématiques
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain la-Neuve
Belgium
Mario Fuentes
CIMI, Insitut de Mathématiques
Université Paul Sabatier
Toulouse
France
Aniceto Murillo
Departamento de Álgebra, Geometría y Topología
Universidad de Málaga
Málaga
Spain

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