Questions tagged [a-infinity-algebras]
For questions about $A_\infty$-algebras as introduced by Stasheff in 1963 and related structures.
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Homology of bundles over a triangulated base and $A_\infty$-algebras
Let $p:E \to B$ be a fiber bundle over a triangulated base $B$ with fiber $F$, $\sigma$ simplex in $B$, $\sigma \mapsto H_{*}(p^{-1}(\sigma)) \simeq H_{*}(F)$ the obvious map and let $\mathcal{S}$ be ...
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Smooth dg algebras (and perfect dg modules and compact dg modules)
Katzarkov-Kontsevich-Pantev define a smooth dg ($\mathbb{C}$-)algebra $A$ to be a dg algebra which is a perfect $A \otimes A^{op}$-module. They say that an $A$-module $M$ is perfect if the functor $...
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Is there a refinement of the Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg theorem for cohomology?
The HKR theorem for cohomology in characteristic zero says that if $R$ is a regular, commutative $k$ algebra ($char(k) = 0$) then a certain map $\bigwedge^* Der(R) \to CH^*(R,R)$ (where $\wedge^* Der(...
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Hochschild cohomology and A-infinity deformations
When we are dealing with ordinary things or dg things (where thing = algebra or category), I think I understand how HH^2 corresponds to 1st order deformations and HH^3 corresponds to obstructions.
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What's the sense in which A_\infty algebras are "deformable"?
I realise this is a very vague question! I've heard people say that A∞ algebras are the right homotopy-theoretic generalization of usual associative algebras, because you can deform them. What ...
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