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Beginner's guide to $A_{\infty}$-algebras

I have some general questions about $A_{\infty}$-algebras. Altough I understand bare definition from nLab I have no association how to think intuitively about them. Which picture one should have in ...
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Does the Hochschild cohomology of an $A_{\infty}$-algebra have an algebra structure?

For an algebra $A$ we can define its Hochschild cohomology (see this Wikipedia page) $HH^{\cdot}(A,A)$. It is well-known that the cup product makes $HH^{\cdot}(A,A)$ a (graded-commutative) algebra. ...
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Is it possible to define linear $A_\infty$-categories as special $\infty$-categories?

A functor $N\colon\mathrm{Cat}_{A_\infty}\longrightarrow\mathrm{Cat}_\infty$ is constructed in a paper [1] by Faonte. This gives a way to get an $\infty$-category by starting with an $A_\infty$-...
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Is the underlying vector space of the minimal model of an $A_{\infty}$-algebra canonical?

On the page 4 of these notes it is stated that an $A_{\infty}$-algebra $A$ is necessarily is quasi-isomorphic to an $A_{\infty}$-algebra $HA$ with trivial differential. Moreover, $HA$ is unique up to ...
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Formulation of $A_\infty$ structures in terms of coalgebras

There are two ways to define $A_\infty$ structures. The elementary one seems rather intuitive when I think of higher homotopies. I.e. an $A_\infty$ structure on a $\mathbb{Z}$-graded vector $A$ space ...
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$A_{\infty}$ structure questions

Hello, I would like explanation or clear source for some things related to $A_{\infty}$-spaces, via Stasheff's polytopes. I tried not to think about them, because they seem too complicated for me; I ...
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