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Motivation behind the definition of hochschild cohomology
For an associative algebra $A$ one can define the Hochschild cohomology of $A$ as $ HH^n(A,A):= Hom_{\mathcal{D}(A^{op} \otimes A)}(A, [n]A)$ (this definition also works for the graded and dg cases as ...
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Intrinsic formality versus rigidity of a differential graded Lie algebra
Let $\mathfrak g:=(V,d,[\cdot,\cdot])$ be a differential graded Lie algebra (DGLA) where $d$ is the zero differential.
Intrinsic formality: The DGLA $\mathfrak g$ will be said intrinsically formal ...
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Classical deformation of algebras
Given a complex manifold (or a smooth scheme) $X$, the classical (infinitesimal) deformation theory is parametrized by the first cohomology with coefficients in the tangent sheaf $H^1 (X, T_X)$.
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Compute action of the gauge group in deformation theory of an algebra
I am working on Balazs Szendroi's introduction to deformation theory, but I got stuck on the exercise on the bottom of page 6.
Consider a vector space $A$ with a multiplication $m$ that makes it into ...