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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorTim_Porter
   • CommentTimeNov 17th 2013
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   Author: Tim_Porter
   Format: MarkdownItexI noted an entry on [[generalized Eilenberg-MacLane space]]s, but note that there is another use of this term in the literature, namely the representing fibrations for cohomology with local coefficients. These are the fibrations used by Gitler and then by Alan Robinson, Hans Baues and others more recently. What would be the preferred name for these latter things. (I personally find the idea of giving a name to products of Eilenberg- Mac Lane spaces other that `products of Eilenberg - Mac Lane spaces' a bit strange, but I know that there is some strange terminology around!)

   I noted an entry on generalized Eilenberg-MacLane spaces, but note that there is another use of this term in the literature, namely the representing fibrations for cohomology with local coefficients. These are the fibrations used by Gitler and then by Alan Robinson, Hans Baues and others more recently. What would be the preferred name for these latter things. (I personally find the idea of giving a name to products of Eilenberg- Mac Lane spaces other that ‘products of Eilenberg - Mac Lane spaces’ a bit strange, but I know that there is some strange terminology around!)

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeNov 17th 2013
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexYou should add a disambigation statement then and the other definition. The terminology as I gave it there is standard.

   You should add a disambigation statement then and the other definition. The terminology as I gave it there is standard.

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   • CommentAuthorTim_Porter
   • CommentTimeNov 18th 2013
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   Author: Tim_Porter
   Format: MarkdownItex>The terminology as I gave it there is standard. ... so is the other, if less used! I suggest that we use [[twisted Eilenberg - Mac Lane space]], as that is probably a better term for the second use and has been used e.g. in a paper by Moller (1968). I will go ahead and create a stub for that and link with disambiguation. (There is a description at [[twisted cohomology]], so I have not duplicated that, just linked.)

   The terminology as I gave it there is standard.

   … so is the other, if less used!

   I suggest that we use twisted Eilenberg - Mac Lane space, as that is probably a better term for the second use and has been used e.g. in a paper by Moller (1968). I will go ahead and create a stub for that and link with disambiguation. (There is a description at twisted cohomology, so I have not duplicated that, just linked.)