Curved infinity-algebras and their characteristic classes
Curved infinity-algebras and their characteristic classes
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弯曲无穷代数及其特征类
DOI:
10.1112/jtopol/jts011
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
Lazarev A
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作者:
Lazarev A
In this paper, we study a natural extension of Kontsevich's characteristic class construction forA∞‐ andL∞‐algebras to the case of curved algebras. These define homology classes on a variant of his graph homology that allows vertices of valence at least 1. We compute this graph homology, which is governed by star‐shaped graphs with odd‐valence vertices. We also classify non‐trivially curved cyclicA∞‐ andL∞‐ algebras over a field up to gauge equivalence, and show that these are essentially reduced to algebras of dimension at most 2 with only even‐ary operations. We apply the reasoning to compute stability maps for the homology of Lie algebras of formal vector fields. Finally, we explain a generalization of these results to other types of algebras, using the language of operads. A key observation is that operads governing curved algebras are closely related to the Koszul dual of those governing unital algebras.