Graph cohomology classes in the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism
Quantum Algebra
2010-05-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Geometric Topology
Abstract
We give a conceptual formulation of Kontsevich's `dual construction' producing graph cohomology classes from a differential graded Frobenius algebra with an odd scalar product. Our construction -- whilst equivalent to the original one -- is combinatorics-free and is based on the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, from which its gauge-independence is immediate.
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@article{arxiv.math/0701825,
title = {Graph cohomology classes in the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism},
author = {Alastair Hamilton and Andrey Lazarev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701825},
year = {2010}
}
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24 pages