Questions tagged [hochschild-homology]
For questions about Hochschild homology of associative algebras and related concepts.
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Variant of co-Tor in a bimodule category
Say $\mathcal{C}$ is a strict monoidal abelian category and $A$ is a coalgebra object in $\mathcal{C}$, with left co-modules $M$ and right co-module $N$ (also in $\mathcal{C}$). Then we have a notion ...
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Failure of periodic cyclic homology to be a localizing invariant
A localizing invariant $E: dgcat_{sm} \rightarrow Ch_k$ from small dg categories to chain complexes over a field $k$ (say $k = \mathbb{C}$) is a dg functor which sends localization sequences to exact ...
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Moduli spaces for the TCFT map $HH(L) \to GW(X)$
Let $L$ be a Lagrangian submanifold of a closed symplectic manifold $X$. What I gather from Costello (see specifically $\S$2.5 there), is that one expects to have a morphism of closed TCFT's
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intuition for hochschild homology
According to this post Intuition for group homology, I wonder what is the intuition for Hochschild homology.
The Hochschild homology is defined as the homology of this complex
chain.
Given a ...
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String cobracket from TFT
Let $M$ be a closed oriented manifold. Chas and Sullivan (https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0212358) introduced a Lie bialgebra structure on $H_\bullet^{S^1}(LM, M)$, $S^1$-equivariant homology of the loop ...
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Categorification of Floer homology
Floer homology associates a vector space $HF^\ast(L_1,L_2)$ to any pair of Lagrangian submanifolds $L_1,L_2$ inside a symplectic manifold $X$. By a categorification of Floer homology, I mean a ...
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Slick construction of Hochschild complex
Let $R$ be a $k$-algebra and $M$ be an $(R,R)$-bimodule. Let $[n] \mapsto M \otimes R^{\otimes n}$ be the simplicial $k$-module which defines the Hochschild homology $H_*(R,M)$. Is it possible to ...
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Does rational surface have exceptional collection of maximal length but not full?
Let $X$ be a rational surface. Let $\mathbb{E}:=(E_1,\ldots,E_n)$ be strong exceptional collection of line bundles of maximal length $l=rk Pic(X)+2$ in $D^b(coh(X))$, Is there any example that such ...
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Topological Hochschild homology and Hochschild homology of dg algebras
Topological Hochschild homology is a generalization of Hochschild homology from rings to $E_\infty$-ring spectra. On the other hand, there is a natural way to extend the notion of Hochschild homology ...
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Definitions of Hochschild Cohomology $HH^{\bullet}(A)$
Let $A$ be an associative unital $k$-algebra, and let $M$ be a bimodule of $A$. The Hochschild cohomology of $A$ with coefficients in $M$ can be defined as
$$HH^{n}(A,\,M)=\mathrm{Ext}^{n}_{A^{e}}(A,\,...
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What is the negative cyclic homology of a smooth projective variety?
Let X be a smooth and projective variety. Hochschild homology and cohomology have a very simple definition in terms of Ext groups of the diagonal of X. The Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg (HKR) theorem ...
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A mysterious quasi-isomorphism in Kashiwara-Schapira's proof of HKR
On p. 127 of Kashiwara-Schapira's paper "Deformation Quantization Modules", there is the following situation: $X$ is a smooth complex (quasi?)projective variety and $\delta\colon X\to X\times X$ is ...
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Inner automorphisms acts as identity on Hochschild homology
Let $A$ be a unital algebra and $u \in A$ be an invertible element. Let us consider $u_n(a_0 \otimes a_1 \otimes ... \otimes a_n):=ua_0u^{-1} \otimes ua_1u^{-1} \otimes ... \otimes ua_nu^{-1}$. Then $(...
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Tor functor in the case of algebra of smooth functions
Let $A=C^{\infty}(\mathbb{S}^{1})$, let $B$ be the sub-algebra $C^{\infty}(0,1)$. Here we identify $\mathbb{S}^{1}$ by $\mathbb{R}/2\pi \mathbb{Z}$. I want to ask if there is a way I can decompose $A$ ...
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When does Hochschild homology commute with infinite products?
Let $A$ be an associative algebra. Its zeroth Hochschild homology $\mathrm{HH}_0(A)$ is the cokernel of the linear map $A^{\wedge 2} \to A$, $a \wedge b \mapsto ab - ba$. I.e. you quotient the ...
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Relationship between Hochschild cohomology and Drinfeld centers
Let $HH_*(A,N)$ (or $HH^*(A,N)$) be the Hochschild homology (or cohomology) of an associative algebra $A$ with coefficients in an $A$-bimodule $N$.
I was reading nlab's entry on Hochschild cohomology ...
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Interpretation of Hochschild Homology groups
In all the literature I've come across there are many concrete interpretations of the first few Hochschild Cohomology groups. For example $HH^1(A,M)\cong Derivation/Inner Derivations$ etc....
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Hochschild chain model for the evaluation map at half
Let M be a manifold and $\Lambda(M)$ its free loop space, $A= C^*(M)$ denotes the cochain algebra of $M$. We know that Hochschild chain model for the evaluation $ ev_0: \Lambda(M) \rightarrow M$ is ...
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Hochschild cohomology and formal smoothness
Hochschild cohomology can be used to characterise formal smoothness of unital associative algebras; in that such an algebra $A$ is formally smooth if and only if it is of Hochschild cohomological ...
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Example H-unital algebra which is not unital
What is an example of an algebra which is H-unital (that is its Bar complex is acyclic) and yet it is not unital?
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Poincaré Duality of a quasi-free algebra
I'm completely stumped on this one (yet I feel it is obviously true or obviously false)
If $A$ is a quasi-free algebra, then must it satisfy Poincaré duality?
All i need to find is a protective ...
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Jacobi-Zariski exact sequence question
Denote by $HC(A,M)$ the Hochschild homological complex of an algebra $A$ with coefficients in an $A$-bimodule $M$, and let $B\rightarrow A$ be an $R$-flat extension of $R$-algebras, for some $CRing$ $...
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Hochschild homology of quiver algebras
Let $K$ be a field and $\Gamma$ a quiver (=multidigraph) and $K[\Gamma]$ its quiver algebra (free $K$-module on the set of all paths of length $\geq0$ where multiplication is concatenation if ...
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Microlocalizing Hochschild homology
A recent paper of Ben-Zvi and Nadler gives a general formalism for understanding "dimensions" in sheaf theories. Without getting too far into details, amongst other things, this formalism allows us ...
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Hochschild homology of upper triangular matrix algebra?
Let $K$ be a field and $A$ the associative unital $K$-algebra of all $n\times n$ upper triangular matrices with entries in $K$. What is $\dim_K$ of its hochschild homology $HH_k(A;A)$?
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Is there any relation between the simplicial $S^1$ and the Hochschild homology of a noncommutative algebras
Let $k$ be the base field and $A$ be a unital associative $k$-algebra. Let's review the Hochschild homology theory: we have the Hochschild chain comple $C_{\cdot}(A)$ where
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C_n(A):=A^{\otimes n+1}
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Hochschild homology of a tensor algebra modulo a two-sided ideal
Let $V$ is a module over a field $k$, and $A=T(V)$ the tensor algebra generated by $V$. The Hochschild homology $HH_*(A)$ has been determined by Loday and Quillen in their paper "Cyclic homology and ...
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Applications of topological chiral homology and factorization algebras (aka higher Hochschild cohomology)
I recently heard a talk about these topics and found them very interesting.
The talk was centered on the formal structure and didn't really focus on examples.
So my question is: what is your favorite ...
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Hochschild homology and change of non-ground ring
Let $k$ be a field, $R$ is a commutative algebra over $k$ and $A$ is an associative algebra over $R$. There is a morphism of commutative algebras $R \to T$. Is it possible to reduce calculation of ...
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Is there an algebraic "derived mapping space" construction that encompasses both Hochschild homology and loop spaces of non-simply-connected spaces?
I'm looking for directions to the literature that might contain fairly explicit constructions that might be called (the algebra of functions on) the "derived mapping space" from a simplicial set to a ...
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When do Hochschild homology and cohomology agree? (Ambidexterity?)
Suppose $X$ is a smooth algebraic variety over a field of characteristic $0$. What are the most general conditions under which Hochschild homology and cohomology of $X$ agree?
The existence of a ...
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On cyclic homology of Ginzburg's DG algebra
Let $(Q,W)$ be a quiver with potential, and $D$ be Ginzburg's DG algebra associated to it (as explained in http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0612139 and other places), so that it is a 3-Calabi-Yau algebra. I ...
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Hochschild (co)homology of differential operators
I googled the title on the internet, and arrived at the following result
$$HH_k(D)\cong H_{DR}^{2n-k}(M).$$
Here $M$ is a smooth manifold of dimension $n$, and $D$ is the ring of differential ...
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Geometric realization of Hochschild complex
Let $A$ be a commutative $\mathbb{C}$-algebra, and consider $C_{\bullet}(A,A)$ the simplicial Hochschild homology module of $A$ with respect to itself (i.e. $C_{n}(A,A)=A^{\otimes (n+1)}$). This is a ...
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Does anyone recognize this quiver-with-relations?
Below I describe an infinite (but locally finite) quiver with relations. My question is whether anyone recognizes it and can provide appropriate pointers to the literature. I'm mainly interested in ...
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Relation between Gerstenhaber bracket and Connes differential
Let $C$ be an arbitrary algebra (more generally, a linear 1-category). The following structures are well-known:
A degree-0 product on the Hochschild cohomology $HH^*(C)$
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HH^*(C) \otimes HH^*(C) \...
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Hochschild H^1 (R,M) = 0 vs. H_1 (R,M) = 0 where R is a ring and M is an (R,R)-bimodule
Let $k$ be a commutative ring (with unity). Let $R$ be a $k$-algebra (with unity, but not of necessity commutative).
Let $M$ be an $\left(R,R\right)$-bimodule where $k$ acts in the same way from the ...
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Book on Hochschild (co)homology
There is currently no treatise treating Hochschild (co)homology systematically. There is a chapter in Weibel's book, there's parts of Loday's and a few others...
What should be covered by such a ...
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Hochschild (co)homology of Fukaya categories and (quantum) (co)homology
There is a conjecture of Kontsevich which states that Hochschild (co)homology of the Fukaya category of a compact symplectic manifold $X$ is the (co)homology of the manifold. (See page 18 of ...
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References for a certain generalization of Hochschild cohomology?
Let $C$ be an algebra. Let $E = C^{\otimes 2n}$ be the tensor product (over the ground field) of $2n$ copies of $C$. [EDIT: Or better, $E = C\otimes C^{op}\otimes C\otimes C^{op}\cdots\otimes C \...
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What is $TC(\Sigma^\infty \Omega X)$?
I know that for $X$ a connected space, $THH(\Sigma^\infty \Omega X) = \Sigma^\infty \Lambda X$, the suspension spectrum of the free loop space of $X$. The computation can be carried out in spaces and ...
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How exactly is Hochschild homology a monad homology?
Many texts which praise the generality of the bar construction associated to a monad, say that Hochschild homology is an example of this.
What exactly is in this case the underlying endofunctor of ...
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What is the homology of the real coordinate ring of SO(n,R)? Other compact matrix groups?
As someone whose knowledge of cohomology is patchy and picked up on a need-to-know basis, and whose algebraic geometry is even worse, I wondered if someone could help with this question. (I ran into ...
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Deligne's conjecture (the little discs operad one)
Deligne's conjecture states that the Hochschild cochain complex of an A-infinity algebra is an algebra over the operad of chains on the topological little discs operad.
Of course the conjecture has ...
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Definition of Hochschild (co)homology of a (dg or A-infinity) category
How do you define the Hochschild (co)homology of a dg category or an A-infinity category? I've only seen it defined when the category is equivalent to a category of modules over a dg algebra; then the ...
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Why is the Hochschild homology of k[t] just k[t] in degrees 0 and 1?
Background: the Hochschild homology of an associative algebra is the homology of the complex
$$ \ldots \longrightarrow A \otimes A \otimes A \longrightarrow A \otimes A \longrightarrow A$$
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