Questions tagged [a-infinity-algebras]
For questions about $A_\infty$-algebras as introduced by Stasheff in 1963 and related structures.
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Transferring $A_\infty$-structure from a module to its homology
Given an $A_\infty$-module $M$, which is a graded module $M=\bigoplus_{k\in\mathbb{Z}}M_k$ with morphisms $m_n^M\colon A^{\otimes(n-1)}\otimes M\rightarrow M$ of degree 2-n satisfying the $A_\infty$ ...
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Theory of $n$-truncated $A_\infty$ categories/functors?
One can define certain higher categorical truncations. For example, a discussion from the quasi-categories point of view can be found in HTT 5.5.6.
On the other hand, as a model of linear $\infty$-...
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Quasi-equivalent vs. homotopy equivalent functors in $A_\infty$ categories
Suppose that $\mathcal{A}, \mathcal{B}$ are strictly unital $A_\infty$ categories, and $\mathcal{F}, \mathcal{G}: \mathcal{A} \rightarrow \mathcal{B}$ are (strictly unital) functors.
On one hand, we ...
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Examples of cyclic A-infinity algebra
I am wondering about (references to) examples of cyclic A-infinity algebras- especially including explicit descriptions of the structure maps and pairing.
Thanks a lot!
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Minimal model for $A_\infty$-categories
Is there a reference for existence and construction of the minimal model of an $A_\infty$-category? Most references I found ultimately refer to Lefèvre-Hasegawa's thesis but there doesn't seem to be a ...
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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
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In what sense is the 'Yoneda embedding' of an $A_\infty$-category an embedding?
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\def\J{\mathcal{J}}$I am reading P. Seidel, Fukaya Categories and Picard-Lefschetz Theory, and in (1l) he defines the Yoneda embedding of a (non-unital) A$_\infty$-category $\A$ ...
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The cone of the c-identity of an $A_\infty$-module has zero cohomology
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\def\ch{\operatorname{Ch}}$Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an $A_\infty$-category. An $A_\infty$-module $\M$ over $\mathcal{A}$ is an $A_\infty$-functor $\mathcal{A}^\mathrm{op}\to\...
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$A_\infty$-categories basic reference
Can anyone provide me with a basic reference on $A_\infty$ categories?
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Is the exterior algebra intrinsically formal?
Following 4.6 and 4.7 of this paper by Seidel and Thomas, a graded algebra $A$ is called intrinsically formal if any two dgas with cohomology $A$ are quasi-isomorphic. There is a sufficient condition ...
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On the definition of a derived $A_\infty$-category
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an $A_\infty$-category. The derived $A_\infty$-category is defined to be the 0th cohomology category of the category of twisted complexes of $\mathcal{A}$.
I have troubles ...
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On the invariance of the Kaledin class
In Formality of DG algebras (after Kaledin), Lunts introduces an $A_\infty$-Hochschild cohomology class, called the Kaledin class, controlling formality of an $A_\infty$-algebra up to a certain order. ...
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Gerstenhaber bracket for Hochschild cohomology with values in a module
I am currently trying to compute obstructions in a Hochschild cohomology $\mathrm{HH}^* (A,M)$ where $A$ is a $\Bbbk$-algebra and $M$ an $A$-bimodule. The obstruction I am looking at looks a lot like ...
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Structure maps of $\mathcal{A}_\infty$-bimodules
For Fukaya categories there are functors naturally induced by symplectomorphisms. Twisted versions of symplectic homology (fixed point Floer homology), open-closed maps and bimodules can be defined. ...
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Khovanov $A_\infty$ algebra
Let $L$ be a link in $\mathbb{R}^3$, with $D, D'$ be diagrams in
$\mathbb{R}^2$ representing $L$. Khovanov constructed two graded
chain complexes $$C_{D} = (Ch_{D}, d_{D}) \quad C_{D'}=(Ch_{D'},
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Formality of classifying spaces
Let $G$ be a compact Lie group (or reductive algebraic group over $\mathbb{C}$), and let $BG$ be its classifying space. Fix a prime $p$. Let $\mathcal{A}$ denote the dg algebra of singular cochains on ...
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Reference for functors in Kadeishvili's C_\infty paper
In his paper Cohomology $C_\infty$-algebra and rational homotopy type, Tornike Kadeishvili describes how the rational cohomology of a simply-connected space carries the structure of a $C_\infty$-...
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Is it possible to define linear $A_\infty$-categories as special $\infty$-categories?
A functor $N\colon\mathrm{Cat}_{A_\infty}\longrightarrow\mathrm{Cat}_\infty$ is constructed in a paper [1] by Faonte. This gives a way to get an $\infty$-category by starting with an $A_\infty$-...
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Does the Hochschild cohomology of an $A_{\infty}$-algebra have an algebra structure?
For an algebra $A$ we can define its Hochschild cohomology (see this Wikipedia page) $HH^{\cdot}(A,A)$. It is well-known that the cup product makes $HH^{\cdot}(A,A)$ a (graded-commutative) algebra.
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Explicit $L_\infty$-operations on Hochschild cochains of $A_\infty$-algebra
It is well-known that the Hochschild cochain complex $\mathrm{CC}^*(A)$ of an associative algebra $A$ carries a lot of structure. In particular: a differential, a cup product, and a bracket, which ...
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Defining Massey products as transgressions
Let $A$ be a dg algebra, and $x, z \in A$ cocycles. Let's consider the maps
$$ A \to A \oplus A \to A$$
given by $y \mapsto (xy,yz)$ and $(u,v) \mapsto uz-xv$, respectively. We think of this as ...
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On the Hochschild cohomology of the minimal model of an $A_\infty$ algebra
Suppose $(A, (\mu_k))$ is a (curved) $A_\infty$ algebra, and let $(\tilde A, (\tilde\mu_k))$ be its minimal model. Now, we have two Hochschild cohomology rings $HH^*(A)$ and $HH^*(\tilde A)$. (It may ...
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Reference request for showing open(resp. closed) string field theory has A-infinity(resp. L-infinity) algebra structure
I've now begun to study about the relationship between open(resp. closed) string field theory and A-infinity(resp. L-infinity) algebra structure.
For the A-infinity case, I'd already heard that the ...
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If C is a cocomplete coalgebra, then $\psi:C\rightarrow B\Omega C$ is a filtered quasi-isomorphism
I am reading the PhD thesis thesis of Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa and the corresponding errata by Bernhard Keller, my question is about the first error found in the thesis. Lemma 1.3.2.3 c states 'the ...
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Are these two natural $A_\infty$-structures on the realization of a cosimplicial commutative algebra isomorphic?
Given a cosimplicial commutative algebra $A^\bullet$ over a field of characteristic zero, there are two ways of producing an $A_\infty$-structure on its realization $|A^\bullet| := \int^\Delta C^*(\...
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Two definitions of minimal models
Is there any relationship between both definitions of minimal models? (the couple of definitions I know are the one mentioned in Lefèvre's thesis, in the sense that the differential is zero, and the ...
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Why are quasi-isomorphisms of homotopy algebras only defined for arity 1?
When reading about homotopy algebras (e.g. $L_\infty$-algebras, $A_\infty$-algebras), an $\infty$-morphism $f$ is called an $\infty$-quasi-isomorphism if $f_1$ is a quasi-isomorphism.
Recall/Example (...
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Operad-free proofs of rectification of homotopy ($A_\infty/L_\infty$) algebras?
If (say) $L$ is an $L_\infty$-algebra, then it is known that under certain conditions there exists a quasi-isomorphic $L_\infty$-algebra $L'$ which is a differential graded Lie algebra: all ternary ...
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Construction of derived Quot schemes
I am studying the construction of derived Quot schemes in the paper Borisov, Katzarkov, and Sheshmani - “Shifted symplectic structures on derived Quot-stacks”.
Derived quot stacks are constructed from ...
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Computing $m_3$ of an $\mathrm{Ext}$-algebra
I currently am studying $A_{\infty}$-obstructions and to compute them I need to compute at least the $A_3$-data of an $\mathrm{Ext}$-algebra.
More precisely, I have a functor $F:\mathcal{D}\left(X\...
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What is, explicitly, a pullback in the category of $L_\infty$ algebras?
I was wondering if the category of $L_\infty$ algebras is complete and in particular I am looking for an explicit construction of the pullback for
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Is there a bestiary of "derived 2-vector spaces"?
The appendix "A bestiary of 2–vector spaces" of Bartlett, Douglas, Schommer-Pries, Vicary, "Modular categories as representations of the 3-dimensional bordism 2-category" analyzes ...
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Different ways to “deloop” a (topological) $A_\infty$-algebra
Let $\varphi:A\to \mathrm{Ass}$ be an $A_\infty$-operad in topological spaces, and let $X$ be an $A$-algebra. I see three possibilities to construct a delooping out of $X$:
Rectify $X$ by taking the ...
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Conceptual explanation for the sign in front of some binary operations
In several situations, I've seen that given a binary operation on a graded module $m:A\otimes A\to A$, a new operation $M(x,y)=(-1)^{|x|}m(x,y)$ is defined so that it satisfies some properties.
One ...
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Can chain homotopy induce space homotopy at $E_\infty$ level?
Space-level homotopy induces (co)chain homotopy, but I've never heard of the converse. I am not sure if it is simply not true?
However, for good enough spaces (finite type nilpotent), Mandell proved ...
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A infinity structure on Yoneda Ext group
I am currently trying to control an $A_\infty$-algebra of the form $\mathrm{Ext}_X(F\oplus F'[2n-2],F\oplus F'[2n-2])$ where $X$ is a nice enough scheme and $F,F'$ are sheaves that are NOT locally ...
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Construct $A_\infty$ bimodules maps from dg-maps
Let $ A $ be a dg-algebra. Let $U,V,W$ and $Z$ be dg-bimodules over $A$-$A$. Suppose I have cofibrant replacements $\pi_U : Up \rightarrow U$ (as right dg-module) and $\pi_W : pW \rightarrow W$ (as ...
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Are exterior algebras intrinsically formal as associative dg algebras?
(Cross-posted from mathematics stackexchange.)
Fix a finite dimensional vector space $V$ over a field of characteristic zero, and let $R=Sym(V[1])$ be the free graded commutative algebra generated by ...
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On the coalgebraic homotopy transfer theorem
Let $A$ be a dg algebra, say over a field. The Homotopy Transfer Theorem says that $H(A)$ can noncanonically be given the structure of $A_\infty$-algebra, extending the induced multiplication on $H(A)$...
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$A_{\infty}$ multiplications on Morse cochain complex
Can the higher order $A_{\infty}$ multiplications defined by Fukaya be made trivial(by perturbing gradient trees) when Morse cochain complex is isomorphic to Morse cohomology, in which case the cup ...
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Natural transformation of $A_\infty$-functors lifted from homology
Suppose you have two $A_\infty$-functors $\mathcal{F,G}:\mathcal{A}\longrightarrow \mathcal{B}$ which descend to $F,G:A \longrightarrow B$ in homology (here $A=H^0(\mathcal{A})$ and same for $\mathcal{...
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"Left Brace Module"
Let $A$ be an algebra over the brace tree operad and $M$ a module over some base ring.
Is there a good notion of a "left brace module" over a brace algebra?
I do not think the definition of a module ...
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Chromatic polynomial and the circle
In https://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.5781.pdf
It is proved that there is spectral sequence converging to $H^*(M^G,R)$ with the E1 page given by the graph cohomology complex $C_A(G)$ where $A:=H^*(M,R)$.
My ...
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Is the existence of $A_{\infty}$-inverse a consequence of Homotopy Transfer Theorem?
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $0$ and $(A,d_A)$, $(B,d_B)$ be two differential graded (dg) algebras over $k$. Let $f: A\to B$ be a closed degree $0$ map of dg-algebras and $g: B\to A$ be a map ...
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Reference Request: Central Curvature "Fix"
Context: In Lagrangian-Floer theory, the (an) $\mathbf{A}_\infty$-algebra of a Lagrangian is curved. However, the curvature is central. One consequence of this is that you can get an uncurved $\mathbf{...
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Strict units in A-infinity algebras
In Kontsevich-Soibelman's paper "Notes on $A_\infty$-algebras, $A_\infty$-categories and non-commutative geometry", $A_\infty$-algebras with strict units are defined so units act trivially on higher ...
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Monoidal structure on left dg-modules over a brace algebra
Relating to my other question: Modules over Hopf Algebras and $E_2$-algebras
Preliminary: Let $A$ be an associative dg-algebra that is also an algebra over the brace operad. Let $M$ and $N$ be left ...
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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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Homology of bar complex vs homology of indecomposables
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Background: This question is about the bar and cobar constructions, and their relationship with the indecomposables of a dg-algebra. A brief summary of the bar and cobar ...
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Explicit description of periodic map $S : HC_{i} \to HC_{i-2}$ for dg and $A_\infty$ algebras
Let $A$ some associative unital $k$-algebra, let $HC_*(A)$ is cyclic homology of $A$ and $HH_*(A)$ is hochschild homology of $A$. Then we have Connes exact sequence:
$$ ... \xrightarrow[]{} HH_n(A) \...
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