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Twisted IBL-infinity-algebra and string topology: First look and examples

Mathematical Physics 2019-01-24 v2 Algebraic Topology math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We study the application of IBL-infinity-algebras to string topology and explicitly compute the case of spheres. This involves finding a Green kernel and computing integrals associated to trivalent ribbon graphs, which are similar to integrals from perturbative Chern-Simons theory. We generalize the computation and show that the twisted IBL-infinity-structure in question is in many cases trivial.

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@article{arxiv.1811.05281,
  title  = {Twisted IBL-infinity-algebra and string topology: First look and examples},
  author = {Pavel Hajek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.05281},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

New version from January, 2019: a general vanishing result for the Maurer-Cartan element due to a tricky Green kernel modification from "A. Cattaneo, P. Mnev, Remarks on Chern-Simons theory"; more precise formulation of the string topology conjecture; other minor changes

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