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Kontsevich's Swiss Cheese Conjecture

Algebraic Topology 2016-03-09 v3

Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Kontsevich which states that if AA is an Ed1E_{d-1} algebra then the Hochschild cohomology object of AA is the universal EdE_d algebra acting on AA. The notion of an EdE_d algebra acting on an Ed1E_{d-1} algebra was defined by Kontsevich using the swiss cheese operad of Voronov. The degree 0 and 1 pieces of the swiss cheese operad can be used to build a cofibrant model for AA as an Ed1AE_{d-1}-A module. The theorem amounts to the fact that the swiss cheese operad is generated up to homotopy by its degree 0 and 1 pieces.

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@article{arxiv.1011.1635,
  title  = {Kontsevich's Swiss Cheese Conjecture},
  author = {Justin D. Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1635},
  year   = {2016}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures

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