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Cyclic theory for commutative differential graded algebras and s-cohomology

Algebraic Topology 2009-05-12 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

In this paper one considers three homotopy functors on the category of manifolds, hH,cH,sH,hH^\ast, cH^\ast, sH^\ast, and parallel them with other three homotopy functors on the category of connected commutative differential graded algebras, HH,CH,SH.HH^\ast, CH^\ast, SH^\ast. If PP is a smooth 1-connected manifold and the algebra is the de-Rham algebra of PP the two pairs of functors agree but in general do not. The functors HH HH^\ast and CHCH^\ast can be also derived as Hochschild resp. cyclic homology of commutative differential graded algebra, but this is not the way they are introduced here. The third SH,SH^\ast , although inspired from negative cyclic homology, can not be identified with any sort of cyclic homology of any algebra. The functor sHsH^\ast might play some role in topology. Important tools in the construction of the functors HH,CHHH^\ast, CH^\ast and SH,SH^\ast , in addition to the linear algebra suggested by cyclic theory, are Sullivan minimal model theorem and the "free loop" construction described in this paper.

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@article{arxiv.0905.1489,
  title  = {Cyclic theory for commutative differential graded algebras and s-cohomology},
  author = {Dan Burghelea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1489},
  year   = {2009}
}