Rational homotopy -- Sullivan models
Abstract
This chapter is a short introduction to Sullivan models. In particular, we find the Sullivan model of a free loop space and use it to prove the Vigu\'e-Poirrier-Sullivan theorem on the Betti numbers of a free loop space.
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