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An $L_\infty$ algebra structure on polyvector fields

Quantum Algebra 2018-07-13 v7 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

It is well-known that the Kontsevich formality [K97] for Hochschild cochains of the polynomial algebra A=S(V)A=S(V^*) fails if the vector space VV is infinite-dimensional. In the present paper, we study the corresponding obstructions. We construct an LL_\infty structure on polyvector fields on VV having the even degree Taylor components, with the degree 2 component given by the Schouten-Nijenhuis bracket, but having as well higher non-vanishing Taylor components. We prove that this LL_\infty algebra is quasi-isomorphic to the corresponding Hochschild cochain complex. We prove that our LL_\infty algebra is LL_\infty quasi-isomorphic to the Lie algebra of polyvector fields on VV with the Schouten-Nijenhuis bracket, if VV is finite-dimensional.

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@article{arxiv.0805.3363,
  title  = {An $L_\infty$ algebra structure on polyvector fields},
  author = {Boris Shoikhet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.3363},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

40 pages, v7. The paper is essentially edited. The exposition in Section 1 is improved. Appendices A and B are added

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