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(Edit: I made many edits below, after thinking about this some more)

Example 1: A smooth scheme

To try to understand this, I want to also understand how one obtains the Connes $B$-operator (via HKR?) on functions on the derived loop space of a smooth (say, affine, to make things simpler) scheme $X$ from DAG first principles (rather than say, cyclic sets). To compute the loop space, we can write $S^1$ as the homotopy pushout of two copies of $D^1$ glued along $S^0$ $$S^1 \simeq * \coprod_{* \coprod *} *$$ and then using some general principle that pushouts in the sourcecolimit of a mapping stack become products, find that $$\mathcal{L}(X) = \text{Map}(S^1, X) \simeq X \times_{X \times X} X$$ Taking the bar resolution then gives the usual Hochschild complex. One drawback to this approach seemssimplicial set corresponding to be that the presentation of $S^1$ action seems somewhat obscured by this asymmetric presentationtwo simplices (of dimension zero and one). One might hope for a more direct way to relate I'll denote this simplicial set by $C$, for exampleso that we have $$\mathcal{L}(X) = \text{Map}(S^1, X) \simeq \text{colim}_C \text{Map}(\text{Spec}(k), X) \simeq \lim_{C^{op}} X$$ In particular, the cyclic structure onif $X$ is affine, one gets the usual Hochschild complex with the derived $S^1$-action above. Question:Edit how does one understand: In light of the cyclic set structure Hochschild chaincomment below by Marc, it seems likely that some combination of his notes and Loday's book should tell how we obtain Connes' mixed complex from DAG first principles?.

IfIn search of a less trivial example, let us take $G = \mathbb{G}_a$,; then there is some nontrivial group cohomology: $\mathcal{O}(\mathbb{G}_a/\mathbb{G}_a) \simeq k[x, \eta]$$\mathcal{O}(\mathbb{G}_a/\mathbb{G}_a) \simeq C^\bullet(\mathbb{G}_a k[\mathbb{G}_a]) \simeq k[x, \eta]$, the free dg-commutative ring generated by $|x| = 0$ and $|\eta| = 1$. Here, there is room for a presentation of $S^1$-action$\mathcal{O}(G/G)$ as a cocyclic set (as discussed in Jantzen's book) and my guess would be that it sendsthe "dual" Connes degree $\eta \mapsto x$, using HKR since$-1$ operator $B\mathbb{G}_a$ is an affine stack$B^*$ (though it's not clear to me that "HKR" makes sense inI don't know if this contextis written down anywhere) sends $\eta \mapsto x$.

However, I don't understand why this cocyclic set should have anything to do with the circle action on loops. In particular, it seems somewhat orthogonal to the first example: there, the cyclic structure came from taking a left-derived functor, and here the cocyclic arises from taking a right-derived functor. Question:: How would one seedoes this purely(co)cyclic structure arise from first DAG principles, or otherwise?

The loop space of $Y/G$ is again a derived scheme stacky-modulo a group action of $G$. We can identify this scheme by the derived fiber product $Y/G \times_{BG} \text{Spec}(k) = Y \times_{Y \times Y} (G \times Y)$. If $Y$ is affine, we can take a bar resolution of $Y$ over $Y \times Y$.

However, but the resulting complex after tensoring with the right factor is not a cyclic set in any obvious way to me. For example, taking $Y = \mathbb{A}^1$ and $G = \mathbb{G}_m$, the first differential in the resulting complex is a map $k[x] \otimes k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}] \rightarrow k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}]$, sending (assume $f, g$ homogeneous) $$f \otimes g \otimes 1 \mapsto fg \otimes (1 - z^{|g|})$$ which does not intertwine with any rotation homomorphism I can think to define (even "twisted" ones). Question: what is the $S^1$ action on this (sort of) derived loop space?

Example 1: A smooth scheme

To try to understand this, I want to also understand how one obtains the Connes $B$-operator (via HKR?) on functions on the derived loop space of a smooth (say, affine, to make things simpler) scheme $X$ from DAG first principles (rather than say, cyclic sets). To compute the loop space, we can write $S^1$ as the homotopy pushout of two copies of $D^1$ glued along $S^0$ $$S^1 \simeq * \coprod_{* \coprod *} *$$ and then using some general principle that pushouts in the source of a mapping stack become products, find that $$\mathcal{L}(X) = \text{Map}(S^1, X) \simeq X \times_{X \times X} X$$ Taking the bar resolution then gives the usual Hochschild complex. One drawback to this approach seems to be that the $S^1$ action seems somewhat obscured by this asymmetric presentation. One might hope for a more direct way to relate, for example, the cyclic structure on the Hochschild complex with the derived $S^1$-action above. Question: how does one understand the cyclic set structure Hochschild chain complex from DAG first principles?

If $G = \mathbb{G}_a$, then there is some nontrivial group cohomology: $\mathcal{O}(\mathbb{G}_a/\mathbb{G}_a) \simeq k[x, \eta]$, the free dg-commutative ring generated by $|x| = 0$ and $|\eta| = 1$. Here there is room for a $S^1$-action and my guess would be that it sends $\eta \mapsto x$, using HKR since $B\mathbb{G}_a$ is an affine stack (though it's not clear to me that "HKR" makes sense in this context). Question: How would one see this purely from first principles, or otherwise?

The loop space of $Y/G$ is again a derived scheme stacky-modulo a group action of $G$. We can identify this scheme by the derived fiber product $Y/G \times_{BG} \text{Spec}(k) = Y \times_{Y \times Y} (G \times Y)$. If $Y$ is affine, we can take a bar resolution of $Y$ over $Y \times Y$, but the resulting complex after tensoring with the right factor is not a cyclic set in any obvious way to me. For example, taking $Y = \mathbb{A}^1$ and $G = \mathbb{G}_m$, the first differential in the resulting complex is a map $k[x] \otimes k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}] \rightarrow k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}]$, sending (assume $f, g$ homogeneous) $$f \otimes g \otimes 1 \mapsto fg \otimes (1 - z^{|g|})$$ which does not intertwine with any rotation homomorphism I can think to define (even "twisted" ones). Question: what is the $S^1$ action on this (sort of) derived loop space?

(Edit: I made many edits below, after thinking about this some more)

Example 1: A smooth scheme

I want to understand how one obtains the Connes $B$-operator (via HKR?) on functions on the derived loop space of a smooth (say, affine, to make things simpler) scheme $X$ from DAG first principles (rather than say, cyclic sets). To compute the loop space, we can write $S^1$ as the homotopy colimit of the simplicial set corresponding to the presentation of $S^1$ by two simplices (of dimension zero and one). I'll denote this simplicial set by $C$, so that we have $$\mathcal{L}(X) = \text{Map}(S^1, X) \simeq \text{colim}_C \text{Map}(\text{Spec}(k), X) \simeq \lim_{C^{op}} X$$ In particular, if $X$ is affine, one gets the usual Hochschild complex. Edit: In light of the comment below by Marc, it seems likely that some combination of his notes and Loday's book should tell how we obtain Connes' mixed complex.

In search of a less trivial example, let us take $G = \mathbb{G}_a$; then there is some nontrivial group cohomology: $\mathcal{O}(\mathbb{G}_a/\mathbb{G}_a) \simeq C^\bullet(\mathbb{G}_a k[\mathbb{G}_a]) \simeq k[x, \eta]$, the free dg-commutative ring generated by $|x| = 0$ and $|\eta| = 1$. Here, there is a presentation of $\mathcal{O}(G/G)$ as a cocyclic set (as discussed in Jantzen's book) and the "dual" Connes degree $-1$ operator $B^*$ (I don't know if this is written down anywhere) sends $\eta \mapsto x$.

However, I don't understand why this cocyclic set should have anything to do with the circle action on loops. In particular, it seems somewhat orthogonal to the first example: there, the cyclic structure came from taking a left-derived functor, and here the cocyclic arises from taking a right-derived functor. Question: How does this (co)cyclic structure arise from first DAG principles?

The loop space of $Y/G$ is again a derived scheme stacky-modulo a group action of $G$. We can identify this scheme by the derived fiber product $Y/G \times_{BG} \text{Spec}(k) = Y \times_{Y \times Y} (G \times Y)$. If $Y$ is affine, we can take a bar resolution of $Y$ over $Y \times Y$.

However, the resulting complex after tensoring with the right factor is not a cyclic set in any obvious way to me. For example, taking $Y = \mathbb{A}^1$ and $G = \mathbb{G}_m$, the first differential in the resulting complex is a map $k[x] \otimes k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}] \rightarrow k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}]$, sending (assume $f, g$ homogeneous) $$f \otimes g \otimes 1 \mapsto fg \otimes (1 - z^{|g|})$$ which does not intertwine with any rotation homomorphism I can think to define (even "twisted" ones). Question: what is the $S^1$ action on this (sort of) derived loop space?

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Three examples of $S^1$-actions on derived loop spaces

Let $X$ be a derived stack. There is a $S^1$-action on the derived loop space $\mathcal{L}(X) = \text{Maps}(S^1, X)$. In particular, $\mathcal{O}(\mathcal{L} X)$ should be quasi-isomorphic to a mixed complex.

I want to consider three specific examples, all over a field of characteristic zero. Let $G$ be an affine algebraic group. (1) A warm-up, where $X$ is a classical scheme (let's assume it is smooth and affine to make things easier), (2) $X = BG$, and in particular $X = B\mathbb{G}_a$ and (3) $X = Y/G$ where say, $G$ is a reductive and $Y$ is affine (to make things easier).

Example 1: A smooth scheme

To try to understand this, I want to also understand how one obtains the Connes $B$-operator (via HKR?) on functions on the derived loop space of a smooth (say, affine, to make things simpler) scheme $X$ from DAG first principles (rather than say, cyclic sets). To compute the loop space, we can write $S^1$ as the homotopy pushout of two copies of $D^1$ glued along $S^0$ $$S^1 \simeq * \coprod_{* \coprod *} *$$ and then using some general principle that pushouts in the source of a mapping stack become products, find that $$\mathcal{L}(X) = \text{Map}(S^1, X) \simeq X \times_{X \times X} X$$ Taking the bar resolution then gives the usual Hochschild complex. One drawback to this approach seems to be that the $S^1$ action seems somewhat obscured by this asymmetric presentation. One might hope for a more direct way to relate, for example, the cyclic structure on the Hochschild complex with the derived $S^1$-action above. Question: how does one understand the cyclic set structure Hochschild chain complex from DAG first principles?

Example 2: $BG$

We have that $\mathcal{L}(BG) = G/G$, and that $\mathcal{O}(G/G) = k[G]^G$, where the invariants are derived. In particular, $\mathcal{O}(G/G)$ is the rational cohomology of the $G$-representation $k[G]$. If $G$ is reductive, then it has no higher cohomology, so the $S^1$-action on this vector space is necessarily trivial.

Another example: if $B$ is a Borel subgroup of a reductive algebraic group, then $B/B \simeq \tilde{G}/G$. It's known that the higher cohomology of $\tilde{G}$ vanishes, and since $G$ is reductive taking invariants is exact, so again the $S^1$-action is trivial.

If $G = \mathbb{G}_a$, then there is some nontrivial group cohomology: $\mathcal{O}(\mathbb{G}_a/\mathbb{G}_a) \simeq k[x, \eta]$, the free dg-commutative ring generated by $|x| = 0$ and $|\eta| = 1$. Here there is room for a $S^1$-action and my guess would be that it sends $\eta \mapsto x$, using HKR since $B\mathbb{G}_a$ is an affine stack (though it's not clear to me that "HKR" makes sense in this context). Question: How would one see this purely from first principles, or otherwise?

Example 3: $Y/G$

The loop space of $Y/G$ is again a derived scheme stacky-modulo a group action of $G$. We can identify this scheme by the derived fiber product $Y/G \times_{BG} \text{Spec}(k) = Y \times_{Y \times Y} (G \times Y)$. If $Y$ is affine, we can take a bar resolution of $Y$ over $Y \times Y$, but the resulting complex after tensoring with the right factor is not a cyclic set in any obvious way to me. For example, taking $Y = \mathbb{A}^1$ and $G = \mathbb{G}_m$, the first differential in the resulting complex is a map $k[x] \otimes k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}] \rightarrow k[x] \otimes k[z^{\pm 1}]$, sending (assume $f, g$ homogeneous) $$f \otimes g \otimes 1 \mapsto fg \otimes (1 - z^{|g|})$$ which does not intertwine with any rotation homomorphism I can think to define (even "twisted" ones). Question: what is the $S^1$ action on this (sort of) derived loop space?