## Geometry & Topology

### Orbifold string topology

#### Abstract

In this paper we study the string topology (à la Chas–Sullivan) of an orbifold. We define the string homology ring product at the level of the free loop space of the classifying space of an orbifold. We study its properties and do some explicit calculations.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 12, Number 4 (2008), 2203-2247.

Dates
Received: 22 January 2007
Revised: 8 July 2007
Accepted: 4 July 2008
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513800125

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2008.12.2203

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2431019

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1149.55005

Subjects
Primary: 55P35: Loop spaces
Secondary: 18D50: Operads [See also 55P48] 55R35: Classifying spaces of groups and $H$-spaces

#### Citation

Lupercio, Ernesto; Uribe, Bernardo; Xicotencatl, Miguel A. Orbifold string topology. Geom. Topol. 12 (2008), no. 4, 2203--2247. doi:10.2140/gt.2008.12.2203. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513800125

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