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On the geometry of the Batalin-Vilkovisky Laplacian

Differential Geometry 2013-02-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We define a jet-space analog of the BV-Laplacian, avoiding delta-functions and infinite constants; instead we show that the main properties of the BV-Laplacian and its relation to the Schouten bracket originate from the underlying jet-space geometry.

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@article{arxiv.1302.4388,
  title  = {On the geometry of the Batalin-Vilkovisky Laplacian},
  author = {Arthemy V. Kiselev and Sietse Ringers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.4388},
  year   = {2013}
}

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30 pages