Natural homotopy of multipointed d-spaces

We identify Grandis’ directed spaces as a full reflective subcategory of the category of multipointed d-spaces. When the multipointed d-space realizes a precubical set, its reflection coincides with the standard realization of the precubical set as a directed space. The reflection enables us to extend the construction of the natural system of topological spaces in Baues-Wirsching’s sense from directed spaces to multipointed d-spaces. In the case of a cellular multipointed d-space, there is a discrete version of this natural system which is proved to be bisimilar up to homotopy. We also prove that these constructions are invariant up to homotopy under globular subdivision. These results are the globular analogue of Dubut’s results. Finally, we point the apparent incompatibility between the notion of bisimilar natural systems and the q-model structure of multipointed d-spaces and we give some suggestions for future works.

Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 55U35; Secondary 68Q85.