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Homotopy Inner Products for Cyclic Operads

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We introduce the notion of homotopy inner products for any cyclic quadratic Koszul operad O\mathcal O, generalizing the construction already known for the associative operad. This is done by defining a colored operad O^\hat{\mathcal O}, which describes modules over O\mathcal O with invariant inner products. We show that O^\hat{\mathcal O} satisfies Koszulness and identify algebras over a resolution of O^\hat{\mathcal O} in terms of derivations and module maps. An application to Poincar\'e duality on the chain level of a suitable topological space is given.

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@article{arxiv.math/0312231,
  title  = {Homotopy Inner Products for Cyclic Operads},
  author = {Riccardo Longoni and Thomas Tradler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0312231},
  year   = {2007}
}

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33 pages