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arxiv: 1712.00758 · v2 · pith:Q272CBEQnew · submitted 2017-12-03 · 🧮 math-ph · hep-th· math.AT· math.KT· math.MP

T-duality in rational homotopy theory via L_infty-algebras

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keywords theoryhomotopyrationalstringalgebrasinftyt-dualitycocycles
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We combine Sullivan models from rational homotopy theory with Stasheff's $L_\infty$-algebras to describe a duality in string theory. Namely, what in string theory is known as topological T-duality between $K^0$-cocycles in type IIA string theory and $K^1$-cocycles in type IIB string theory, or as Hori's formula, can be recognized as a Fourier-Mukai transform between twisted cohomologies when looked through the lenses of rational homotopy theory. We show this as an example of topological T-duality in rational homotopy theory, which in turn can be completely formulated in terms of morphisms of $L_\infty$-algebras.

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