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Noncommutative Cartier Formulae

Algebraic Topology 2026-07-06 v1 Algebraic Geometry K-Theory and Homology Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We prove, for every E1\mathbb{E}_1 algebra AA, a formula describing the interaction of the action of the cap product on topological Hochschild homology of AA with the cyclotomic structure map, as well as a variant of this result relative to a ring RR. Specializing to R=FpR = \mathbb{F}_p gives a noncommutative analog of a formula of Cartier which describes the conjugation of interior product action on differential forms by the Cartier isomorphism, and which computes the pp-curvature of the Getzler-Gauss-Manin connection in terms of an equivariant cap product. The motivation for this formula comes from symplectic geometry, where (in the case R=FpR=\mathbb{F}_p or a Novikov analog) the symplectic analog of this formula explains the interaction between the cyclotomic structure on symplectic cohomology and the quantum Steenrod operations. We prove, under standard transversality and nondegeneracy assumptions on the Fukaya category, that for a Calabi-Yau symplectic manifold with rational symplectic form, the pp-curvature of the quantum connection computes the Quantum Steenrod operations. In particular, the pp-curvature of the quantum connections of projective Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces, and many other examples in mirror symmetry, can be interpreted in terms of Z/pZ\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}-equivariant genus zero Gromov-Witten invariants.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.05360,
  title  = {Noncommutative Cartier Formulae},
  author = {Semon Rezchikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.05360},
  year   = {2026}
}

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80 pages, 3 figures. Comments welcome!