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arxiv: math/0401075 · v1 · submitted 2004-01-08 · 🧮 math.AT

Configuration spaces are not homotopy invariant

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We present a counterexample to the conjecture on the homotopy invariance of configuration spaces. More precisely, we consider the lens spaces $L_{7,1}$ and $L_{7,2}$, and prove that their configuration spaces are not homotopy equivalent by showing that their universal coverings have different Massey products.

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