Deformation Theory and the Batalin-Vilkovisky Master Equation
q-alg
2008-02-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
The Batalin-Vilkovisky master equations, both classical and quantum, are precisely the integrability equations for deformations of algebras and differential algebras respectively. This is not a coincidence; the Batalin-Vilkovisky approach is here translated into the language of deformation theory.
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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9702012,
title = {Deformation Theory and the Batalin-Vilkovisky Master Equation},
author = {Jim Stasheff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9702012},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
AMS-Latex, 15 pages plus one figure available as .eps file,not included To appear in Proceedings of the Conference on Deformation Theory, etc. Ascona, Switzerland, June 1996