(1) Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Gottfried-Claren-Str. 26, D-5300 Bonn 3, Germany;(2) Université de Rennes I, UFR de mathématiques, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
Abstract:
We introduce the tensor algebra J() of a crossed complex and give its relations with the James construction for a filtered space. For a group G, we define via multi-derivations the derived algebra I*G which is isomorphic to the algebra C(JG) of chains on JG We derive from a certain exact sequence for the homology H*JG applications to the homotopy of the suspended classifying space BG.