I find that Getzler and Kapranov's article(modular operad) is hard Modular Operads difficult to understand for me for this concept. Can anyone explain it more clearlywhat a (twisted) modular operad is conceptually, or what the underlying idea behind the concept of a modular operad is? For example, how can we write down the explicit structure map in a twisted modular operad? Thanks!
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