An $L_\infty$ algebra structure on polyvector fields
Abstract
It is well-known that the Kontsevich formality [K97] for Hochschild cochains of the polynomial algebra fails if the vector space is infinite-dimensional. In the present paper, we study the corresponding obstructions. We construct an structure on polyvector fields on 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 algebra is quasi-isomorphic to the corresponding Hochschild cochain complex. We prove that our algebra is quasi-isomorphic to the Lie algebra of polyvector fields on with the Schouten-Nijenhuis bracket, if 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