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Transferring homotopy commutative algebraic structures

Algebraic Topology 2018-01-16 v2

Abstract

We show that the sum over planar trees formula of Kontsevich and Soibelman transfers C-infinity structures along a contraction. Applying this result to a cosimplicial commutative algebra A^* over a field of characteristic zero, we exhibit a canonical unital C-infinity structure on Tot(A^*), which is unital if A^* is; in particular, we obtain a canonical C-infinity structure on the cochain complex of a simplicial set.

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@article{arxiv.math/0610912,
  title  = {Transferring homotopy commutative algebraic structures},
  author = {Xue Zhi Cheng and Ezra Getzler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610912},
  year   = {2018}
}

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14 pages