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The Thom-Sebastiani theorem for the Euler characteristic of cyclic L-infinity algebras

Algebraic Geometry 2016-02-05 v3

Abstract

Let LL be a cyclic LL_\infty-algebra of dimension 33 with finite dimensional cohomology only in dimension one and two. By transfer theorem there exists a cyclic LL_\infty-algebra structure on the cohomology H(L)H^*(L). The inner product plus the higher products of the cyclic LL_\infty-algebra defines a superpotential function ff on H1(L)H^1(L). We associate with an analytic Milnor fiber for the formal function ff and define the Euler characteristic of LL is to be the Euler characteristic of the \'etale cohomology of the analytic Milnor fiber. In this paper we prove a Thom-Sebastiani type formula for the Euler characteristic of cyclic LL_\infty-algebras. As applications we prove the Joyce-Song formulas about the Behrend function identities for semi-Schur objects in the derived category of coherent sheaves over Calabi-Yau threefolds. A motivic Thom-Sebastiani type formula and a conjectural motivic Joyce-Song formulas for the motivic Milnor fiber of cyclic LL_\infty-algebras are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1511.07912,
  title  = {The Thom-Sebastiani theorem for the Euler characteristic of cyclic L-infinity algebras},
  author = {Yunfeng Jiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07912},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

33 pages, a reference of Berkovich updated, Proposition 5.5 on the relation between the Behrend function and the Euler characteristic of the analytic Milnor fiber clarified, comments are very welcome