On the negative cyclic homology of \(shc\)-algebras (Q2458830)

When a differential graded algebra, \((A, d)\), is strongly homotopy commutative, the first author and \textit{J.-C. Thomas} have proved in [Topology 41, No. 1, 85--106 (2002; Zbl 1011.16008)] that the Hochschild homology \(HH_*A\) is naturally a commutative graded algebra. Here the authors extend this result to the negative cyclic homology \(HC^-_*(A)\) of \((A, d)\). They apply it to the normalized singular cochains \(N^*(X)\) of a space \(X\) and show that the Jones' isomorphism of graded vector spaces is an isomorphism of graded algebras, \(HC^-_* N^*(X)\cong H^{-*}_{S^1}(LX)\). Explicit computations are given when \(X\) is an even sphere or for some particular complex projective spaces.